Kevin Pacey wrote on Sun, Nov 12, 2017 10:51 PM UTC:
A question: has anyone come up with a value in pawns for a ferz-alfil compound piece type (modern elephant) on a 10x8 board? I'm thinking of still using an experimental variant idea or two with such pieces, and I'm wondering how close in value other people think the modern elephant piece type comes to a knight on such a board. The values I have cooked up for the minor pieces involved put this piece type about 3/4 of a pawn less than a knight, which just might be rather off.
Diagram for Hannibal Chess variant idea (I might switch the various bishops and elephants around for a second, optional, setup, too) - for what it's worth I think Black might cope with the French Advance analogue here too, if only by the hybrid Dutch-like 3..Ph7-h5 move, also true in the optional setup (clearly I like the French Defence, in chess)[edit: this fails, it seems, due to 4.Ni1-h3, and if 4...j7-j6 5.Nh3-j4, but in the case of the optional setup, 3...Pg7-g5 just might be playable]:
[edit: If the name of this variant idea is a problem I can change it, though I saw a similar precedent in 'Cleopatra Chess' in the CVP alphabetical index.}
A question: has anyone come up with a value in pawns for a ferz-alfil compound piece type (modern elephant) on a 10x8 board? I'm thinking of still using an experimental variant idea or two with such pieces, and I'm wondering how close in value other people think the modern elephant piece type comes to a knight on such a board. The values I have cooked up for the minor pieces involved put this piece type about 3/4 of a pawn less than a knight, which just might be rather off.
Diagram for Hannibal Chess variant idea (I might switch the various bishops and elephants around for a second, optional, setup, too) - for what it's worth I think Black might cope with the French Advance analogue here too, if only by the hybrid Dutch-like 3..Ph7-h5 move, also true in the optional setup (clearly I like the French Defence, in chess)[edit: this fails, it seems, due to 4.Ni1-h3, and if 4...j7-j6 5.Nh3-j4, but in the case of the optional setup, 3...Pg7-g5 just might be playable]:
[edit: If the name of this variant idea is a problem I can change it, though I saw a similar precedent in 'Cleopatra Chess' in the CVP alphabetical index.}
[edit: below is optional setep:]
[edit: Modern Elephant:]