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Spinal Tap Chess

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27 Mar 2002 None I would think that Feebback Chess is a wager game you might play with your physician or attorney where you might win the fee back. JCL

27 Mar 2002 None
After I wrote my last note I saw a page than thanked me for providing feebback on this page.
Would Feebback Chess be a game where the pieces have normal strength advancing but are feeble in retreat?
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gnohmon

27 Mar 2002 None
The calculations are indeed of a nature that inspires laziness.
Once in a while, one must.
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gnohmon

27 Mar 2002 None
The calculations are indeed of a nature that inspires laziness.
Once in a while, one must.
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gnohmon

27 Mar 2002 None The basic problem with doing the calculations, is that at heart, I'm lazy. I was hoping to scare an answer out of the woodwork, produced by some more energetic person.
In any case, I'm fairly sure that even on an 11x11 board, a Minister is at least as valuable as a Queen, which makes Spinal Tap Chess' restriction on Queen promotion but not Minister promotion inconsistant.

27 Mar 2002 None
In several web pages, I have written down, step by tedious step, the appropriate numerical methods for estimating the values of the Q and the (1,3) and the F and the R on any size board.
You can answer your own question by doing the appropriate calculations, step by tedious step.
I once wrote a C program to do it, but it's a real pain to generalize it to whatever possible movement pattern on whatever size board.
(Source code long lost, sorry.)
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gnohmon

26 Mar 2002 Excellent Definitely an amusing game! I particularly like the Minister (RLF), as it's a piece, while obvious in design, I haven't seen before. I find myself wondering about its value. On an 8x8 board, I would be fairly confident in assigning it a value greater than a Queen -- about a Raven (RNN) in fact. But on an 11x11 board, the shorter range components of its movement are worth less, and so a Queen -- which is all long range elements after all -- gains in relative power.
Anyone out there have an opinion?
PBA

Date	Rating	Comment
27 Mar 2002	None	I would think that Feebback Chess is a wager game you might play with your physician or attorney where you might win the fee back. JCL
27 Mar 2002	None	After I wrote my last note I saw a page than thanked me for providing feebback on this page. Would Feebback Chess be a game where the pieces have normal strength advancing but are feeble in retreat? -- gnohmon
27 Mar 2002	None	The calculations are indeed of a nature that inspires laziness. Once in a while, one must. -- gnohmon
27 Mar 2002	None	The calculations are indeed of a nature that inspires laziness. Once in a while, one must. -- gnohmon
27 Mar 2002	None	The basic problem with doing the calculations, is that at heart, I'm lazy. I was hoping to scare an answer out of the woodwork, produced by some more energetic person. In any case, I'm fairly sure that even on an 11x11 board, a Minister is at least as valuable as a Queen, which makes Spinal Tap Chess' restriction on Queen promotion but not Minister promotion inconsistant.
27 Mar 2002	None	In several web pages, I have written down, step by tedious step, the appropriate numerical methods for estimating the values of the Q and the (1,3) and the F and the R on any size board. You can answer your own question by doing the appropriate calculations, step by tedious step. I once wrote a C program to do it, but it's a real pain to generalize it to whatever possible movement pattern on whatever size board. (Source code long lost, sorry.) -- gnohmon
26 Mar 2002	Excellent	Definitely an amusing game! I particularly like the Minister (RLF), as it's a piece, while obvious in design, I haven't seen before. I find myself wondering about its value. On an 8x8 board, I would be fairly confident in assigning it a value greater than a Queen -- about a Raven (RNN) in fact. But on an 11x11 board, the shorter range components of its movement are worth less, and so a Queen -- which is all long range elements after all -- gains in relative power. Anyone out there have an opinion? PBA

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Ratings and Comments for:Spinal Tap Chess

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Spinal Tap Chess