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The chess pieces have been assigned point values to serve as a general guide as to their relative worth.

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Point assigned to move in Lucas Chess

These numbers are the score given to the position by the engine. In your particular case (screenshot) these are the scores after the respective move is made. But of course you can also evaluate the cu …
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Why is the rook worth 5 points while the bishop is only worth 3?

You need to understand that the point system is only a rough guideline meant to assist you in evaluating positions or in deciding on potential exchanges. Many factors, particularly the pawn structure, …
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Why does Stockfish undervalue pawns when compared to the classical "a piece is worth three p...

I am not an expert on stockfish source code, but my understanding is the following. Humans: It is true, that the 1 piece equals 3 pawns approach is pretty accurate, surprisingly so. However as you …
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