Kevin Pacey wrote on Sun, Nov 26, 2017 08:40 PM UTC:
Below is a diagram for my study at leisure. The elephants with '+' signs are waffles (move as wazir-alfil compound and are also known as phoenix') while the plainer looking elephants represent the lieutenant piece type from spartan chess (moves/captures as ferz-alfil compound with added ability to step sideways one square on a rank with a strictly non-capturing move). The kings would castle by moving 4 squares sideways, in this variant idea that I might call 'Wide Chess', if nothing else. I thought by going to a 12x8 board size I may yet find a variant idea that salvages an interesting use for both the waffle and lieutenant piece types, which I couldn't find a satisfying use for in 10x8 board (with chess army & more included) variant ideas earlier in this thread. For Wide Chess' 12x8 board, my tentative estimates for the piece values are P=1; W=2.35(or 2.25 approx.); N=3.06(or 3 approx.); L=2.56(or 2.5 approx.); B=3.75; R=5.5; Q=10.25 and K's fighting value=2.67 [edited valuations as of 25 Feb 2018]:
Below is a diagram for my study at leisure. The elephants with '+' signs are waffles (move as wazir-alfil compound and are also known as phoenix') while the plainer looking elephants represent the lieutenant piece type from spartan chess (moves/captures as ferz-alfil compound with added ability to step sideways one square on a rank with a strictly non-capturing move). The kings would castle by moving 4 squares sideways, in this variant idea that I might call 'Wide Chess', if nothing else. I thought by going to a 12x8 board size I may yet find a variant idea that salvages an interesting use for both the waffle and lieutenant piece types, which I couldn't find a satisfying use for in 10x8 board (with chess army & more included) variant ideas earlier in this thread. For Wide Chess' 12x8 board, my tentative estimates for the piece values are P=1; W=2.35(or 2.25 approx.); N=3.06(or 3 approx.); L=2.56(or 2.5 approx.); B=3.75; R=5.5; Q=10.25 and K's fighting value=2.67 [edited valuations as of 25 Feb 2018]:
[edit: Lieutenant:]
[edit: Lieutenant's movements:]
[edit: Waffle:]