It really boils down to what the board looks like. If the board is a regular 4x4, then Man is more valuable than Rook. Another example: in Mini Forest, Bishop and Queen wouls both be worth 5.
How do we know the value of a fairy chess piece
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2bHNST wrote:
It really boils down to what the board looks like. If the board is a regular 4x4, then Man is more valuable than Rook. Another example: in Mini Forest, Bishop and Queen wouls both be worth 5.
not only the board, the entire variant and its rules also matters
what
Wazir is more powerful than Ferz. And on a less expansive chessboard, it also seems to be better than Alfil and Dabbaba.
LapplandTexas wrote:
Wazir is more powerful than Ferz. And on a less expansive chessboard, it also seems to be better than Alfil and Dabbaba.
True. the Ferz is colourbound, the Dabbaba is double colourbound and the Alfil is triple Colourbound
wolyn wrote:
Mann/NRK is a bit better than the Knight. Take my rating as a proof.
How? Show me examples, I can show you examples of how the Knight is better than the Mann
ChessMasterGS wrote:
The Knight is better than the Amazon
“💀” ahh opinion
but seriously: I know the knight is better than a non-royal king, but I am sane enough to also know that a Amazon is better than a Knight, a Amazon can do everything a Knight can do and everything a Queen can do
If you guys can handle the math, a full description of how to do it for any piece on any size board is here:
https://triceschess.com/articles_01.shtml
The value of a fairy chess piece is subjective yet objective
I don’t know how do we know how much a fairy chess piece is worth?
in my opinion the Rook, Wildebeest and General are all worth the same (5 points) but most people say the general is worth 6 points and I even saw some people saying it’s worth 6.75 (only 2.25 less than a Queen!), and someone told me the Wildebeest is worth 5.5 points (I know it’s only 0.5 point more than a Rook but I don’t know why people always underestimate the Rook infinitely long sliding moves)
I also don’t know why the Non-royal King aka Mann/guard is worth the same as a Knight, in my opinion the Non-royal King is worth 2.75 at its peak during end-games
I seriously don’t know how we know the value of fairy chess pieces, when I give a value to a fairy chess piece I always use my scale:
Knight: 3
Bishop: 3
Queen: 9
Rook: 5
Non-Royal King: 2.75
Alibaba: 2
Alfil: 1
Dabbaba: 1
Camel: 2
Wazir: 1
Ferz: 1
and many more…
the Answer is: I don’t know.