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Sam Trenholme wrote on Wed, Jul 2, 2008 04:12 PM UTC:
Muller:

What is you experience with how being colorbound affects the value of a short range leaper?

For example, my gut instinct tells me a ferz (moves one square like a bishop) is worth more than an alfil (jumps two squares like a bishop), since an alfil can only access 25% of the board, and a ferz can access 50% of the squares on the board. Likewise, a wazir (one square like a rook) should be worth more than a ferz, since it can access all of the squares on the board.

Thanks for your input (and I'm sure the short range project will greatly appreciate your reseaarch).

- Sam