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Complementarity - Part I. With Short Range Project in mind, list of a highly specific set of pieces defined by simplest compounds.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Charles Daniel wrote on Tue, Aug 28, 2007 08:43 PM UTC:

Just a comment on Sam's 31 short-range pieces comment: 

I noticed he mentioned the lion as worth 2 queens. Perhaps, on a very crowded small space, but I don't see how this can be on a large open board. 

In my game Asylum Chess, the piece Insane Ninja Knight has the moves of a lion (and double capture too).I say  its worth slightly less than a queen in this game on an open board. 

 I don't see any clear description of the lion except in Cho Shogi game (and they are some differences). 

(In fact, I initially thought that the ninja knight was never seen before in any form!) 

I have yet to see the Lion used in any other game. 
 Perhaps, it is assumed that a jumping piece should not be too powerful or the gameplay would not be balanced?