Sam has closed his piano and gone to bed ... now we can talk about the real stuff of life ... love, liberty and games such as Janus, Capablanca Random, Embassy Chess & the odd mention of other 10x8 variants is welcome too
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I have only just started playing and I find this discussion interesting. So far I have found the knight attribute extremely helpful and i think this is because it is the beginning of the game where there are more pieces and fighting is at closer range. I expect, as with the knight, the advantage will dimish slightly as the game progresses and the board becomes more open. I can see why the the Janus and Chancellor are closer in values than the Bishop and Rook as the Janus will not be restricted to one colour diagonals but I am not sure why it should be worth more as the Cancellor has the ability to cover an additional two squares.
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