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Chess variants (10x8)

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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Emne: Re: Value of Janus

OK, I looked up the article on the relative value of the Gothic Chess pieces. Based on a computation of the "probablility of delivering a safe check," the values (on a 10x8 board) of the Queen, Archbishop (Janus), and Chancellor are 8.70, 8.41, and 8.17, respectively. It is interesting to note that this scheme rates the Chancellor the least of the three; however, my experience playing Gothic Chess is that the Chancellor "feels" more powerful than the Archbishop. The most surprising thing is how close the Archbishop and Chancellor are to the Queen in strength.