💡📝Sam Trenholme wrote on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 04:58 PM UTC:
Mr. Muller wrote:
Since there is also a table of piece values on this page, I should point out that
playtesting with almost any program shows that the Archbishop values given here are
way too low: A+P typically beat Q, and A+A+P beats C+C, in any game phase. See the
discussion on the page of th Aberg variant.
My reply: I looked at the discussion and just saw a flame war. Do you have a table of your proposed values for pieces in 8x10 chess? And, yes, implementing Schoolbook's castling in Joker80 would be nice, in addition to supporting more of the proposed 8x10 opening setups.
Since there is also a table of piece values on this page, I should point out that playtesting with almost any program shows that the Archbishop values given here are way too low: A+P typically beat Q, and A+A+P beats C+C, in any game phase. See the discussion on the page of th Aberg variant.
My reply: I looked at the discussion and just saw a flame war. Do you have a table of your proposed values for pieces in 8x10 chess? And, yes, implementing Schoolbook's castling in Joker80 would be nice, in addition to supporting more of the proposed 8x10 opening setups.
- Sam