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The true value of pieces Strategie a manual of history andQueen against two rooks or three minor pieces, or rook and pawn against two minor pieces these are typical situations in which the material is unbalanced. When we first start playing chess, we are taught the nominal value of the pieces. The queen is worth nine pawns, the rook five, and a minor piece is worth three pawns. This is a sensible solution with the aim of giving the beginner a system of values so that he or she does not initially give up a