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H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Sep 10, 2016 08:11 AM UTC:

It seems that Aanca means Griffon in Spanish... The name 'Aanca' was taken from the historic large-board variant 'Grant Acedrex', where it is used for a piece that moves as a Griffon.

Griffons are 'double-barrel' Rooks, and Aanca's double-barrel Bishops. What you observe sounds reasonable, and also applies to Rooks and Bishops in orthodox Chess. Rooks cannot do much in the early middle game, and Knights and Bishops run the show, supported by the Queen.

Still a Rook remains more valuable than a Bishop, even when traded in the opening. Because it is apparently not easy to undo such a trade, so that in the end-game, where the fullpower of the Rook can be exercised, you would be left at a disadvantage. This is what I meant when I said that piece values are heavily dominated by their end-game values,on a sparsely populated board.


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