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Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jianying Ji wrote on Sun, Mar 13, 2005 05:19 AM UTC:
Myin is about 3 pawns and the ideal value of sin is 1.5+1 pawns, so about 2.5, It is also being stated elsewhere that a non-royal king piece is about a knight so sin's disadvantage against myin is just noticable, at about 1/2 pawn. I think that is why burmese players are reluctant to exchange a myin against a sin.