H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Nov 13, 2017 08:13 AM UTC:
On 8x8 a pair of oppositely shaded Modern Elephants is worth about as much, or perhaps marginally less than a pair of Knights. But no doubt some sort of pair bonus will be involved, making a lone Modern Elephant somewhat less than a Knight. (Wild guess: N=325, first Elephant = 305, second Elephant 335.) I don't think the relative value of N vs FA will be affected much in going from 8x8 to 10x8. (The Bishop will profit a lot from this, though, mainly because it happens much more often that its forward slides hit the enemy lines, rather than the board edge.)
Note that in Spartan Chess there appears a Lieutenat piece, which is a Modern Elephant that can also make a color-changing non-capture sideway step (FAsW). On 8x8 this is slightly stronger than a lone Bishop or Knight.
If the diagonal jump doesn't cause a problem for developing the piece, the Phoenix (WA) seems a more interesting piece than the Modern Elephant.
On 8x8 a pair of oppositely shaded Modern Elephants is worth about as much, or perhaps marginally less than a pair of Knights. But no doubt some sort of pair bonus will be involved, making a lone Modern Elephant somewhat less than a Knight. (Wild guess: N=325, first Elephant = 305, second Elephant 335.) I don't think the relative value of N vs FA will be affected much in going from 8x8 to 10x8. (The Bishop will profit a lot from this, though, mainly because it happens much more often that its forward slides hit the enemy lines, rather than the board edge.)
Note that in Spartan Chess there appears a Lieutenat piece, which is a Modern Elephant that can also make a color-changing non-capture sideway step (FAsW). On 8x8 this is slightly stronger than a lone Bishop or Knight.
If the diagonal jump doesn't cause a problem for developing the piece, the Phoenix (WA) seems a more interesting piece than the Modern Elephant.