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Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Greg Strong wrote on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 09:30 PM UTC:

Super-alibaba:
average mobility: 11.81
average safe checks: 5.25
average directions attacked: 11.81
average squares attacked: 11.81

Directions attacked:
Yes, I should better define a 'direction'.  By my definition, the four
directions attacked by a rook are different than the four directions
attacked by a dabbabah-rider.  This is intentional because the directions
attacked is a measure of forking power...  The super-alibaba can
theoretically fork 16 different pieces, so it attacks in 16 different
directions.  This definition is also essential because these numbers are
all calculated by ChessV, and ChessV must consider them to be different
directions -- directions are used in generation of moves/captures, and a
piece which blocks a wazir-rider doesn't necessarily block a
dabbabah-rider.