A non-royal king should be comparable in worth to a knight.
How much would a king be worth if it were not royal
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more than knight, less than queen prob 4 , 5 points
compared to rook?
Jul 20, 2022
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It covers the same number of squares as a knight, but it has a more powerful attack pattern in certain situations. Can cover fewer squares than a bishop, but can visit twice as many. I'd say it's worth more than a knight or a lone bishop but less than half of a bishop pair. About 3½.
I've heard 4 points. The king is more valuable than a knight because it is easier to manœuvre and can control both light and dark squares at the same time. The king is also more valuable than a bishop because it can access every square on the board, and does not have the same difficulties as a knight. Also, in an endgame, the only time when kings are useful as pieces in the vast majority of games, the knight's ability to jump over other pieces is less relevant, so that increases the difference in value between a king and a knight. However, a king is less valuable than a rook because the rook is a long range piece and the king is not.
Jul 20, 2022
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Someone should give it a go. Replace Black's Bishops with Kings which can't be checkmated. I'd like to see which side wins. If Black wins then the answer is 4 or more points. If White wins the answer is 3.5 or fewer points.
Jul 20, 2022
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JoeMamaForever420 wrote:
i would say 3-5 points
Raw combat strength? About 4 points, correct.
Jul 20, 2022
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JoeMamaForever420 wrote:
How much would a king be worth if it were not royal
i would say 3-5 points
Not even sure what a non royal king is. What would be the goal of this new game since I guess checkmate can't happen
Jul 20, 2022
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idilis wrote:
JoeMamaForever420 wrote:
How much would a king be worth if it were not royal
i would say 3-5 points
Not even sure what a non royal king is. What would be the goal of this new game since I guess checkmate can't happen
Attrition warfare, like in World War I.
The Last Pawn Standing wins.
Jul 20, 2022
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CraigIreland wrote:
Someone should give it a go. Replace Black's Bishops with Kings which can't be checkmated. I'd like to see which side wins. If Black wins then the answer is 4 or more points. If White wins the answer is 3.5 or fewer points.
kings are strong also because of other pieces, other pieces are faster moving but less agile ig since king is a debuffed queen in a sense
Jul 21, 2022
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#13
How much is the guard I believe that is the fake I mean fairy piece equivalent of a king that cant be mated.
Jul 21, 2022
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TheCheesePhoenix wrote:
It's just a non-royal king and it's worth 3 pts on chess.com/variants games, as I stated earlier
Oh Ok thank you I am sorry i must have missed that comment.
If the king could be captured like any other piece in the game? I'd say around 3 points.
A non-royal king and a king can checkmate a king.
So it should be worth more than 3 pawns.
The earlier mention of 4 pawns seems correct.
Every question of this kind has the same answer: It depends on the position
i would say 3-5 points