Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 07:54 AM UTC:The Mastodon is indeed a strong piece. On 8x8 I find for its end-game (i.e. only othe pieces present King and Pawn) value ~750, when R=500 and Q=975 (R and Q are the closest orthodox pieces I compare it with). In a Superchess context (with standard opening array CNBQKACeR, where Ce = Centaur = KN), as Q replacement, I find the Mastodon opening value to be only 150 below Queen, but due to the large number of superpieces on such a small board, all light pieces gain strongly in opening value: N=350, R=575 when Q=950 (and thus Mastodon = 800). Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID NextChess does not match any item.