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Thanks Christine. Yes you are right the Hawk is slightly more powerful. It often proves to be a more valuable piece. The wonderful thing about the Hawk is that as you get into the Jeppseirawn 'way' so to speak, you find a 'Hawkseye' in your playing strategy - this is whereby you discover how the Hawk is able to seemingly appear out of nowhere and 'snake-bite' your opponent into a very awkward position.

However, that said, the Elephant is very handy in defensive positions. It is often advisable to keep him back until the middle-to-end game, but having him sit by your castled King nearby is often useful.

That said I wouldn't say the Hawk is terribly more powerful than the Elephant since the Elephant can similarly deliver some 'locks, slots & illusions' of its own, dependent on the position.

But it would be interesting to know the exact mathematical difference between the two.