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Kevin Pacey wrote on Sat, Dec 1, 2018 03:47 AM UTC:

I'd tentatively estimate the piece values (on the game's 12x8 board) as follows: P=1; EF=2.34(or 2.25 approx.); N=3.06(or 3 approx.); B=3.75; D=4.58(or 4.5 approx.); R=5.5; Q=R+B+P=10.25; Ks fighting value=2.67. I wanted a name for this variant that suggested it was played on a wide board, but the word champaign was already taken elsewhere on the web as part of a chess tournament name, so I altered the spelling of it to be as in Old French, so that the game is to be called Champagne Chess, which seemed cool to me somehow. Fast castling rules are used in this variant to try to facilitate king safety and development. Note that all the pawns are protected in the setup.

[edit: Note that a mutator variant idea of mine some may wish to try (Wide Hannibal Chess) would be Champagne Chess played with Frogs instead of dragons used in the setup. Frogs move like threeleapers (leap 3 cells by rank or by file) or move like ferz' (step 1 cell diagonally). On 12x8 I'd put a frog worth 3.33(or 3.25 approx.).]

[edit2: An idea of mine for another mutator variant of Champagne Chess some may wish to try (which would be called Champagne Chess Plus) would be to just replace all the ferfil (elephant) pieces in the setup of Champagne Chess with Lieutenants (known piece type from Spartan Chess). Lieutenants leap 1 or 2 cells diagonally, or they can (but without making a capturing move) step 1 cell in either direction on their rank. On 12x8 I'd tentatively estimate a lieutenant's value to be 2.56(or 2.5 approx.).]

[edit3: An idea of mine for another mutator variant of Champagne Chess some may wish to try (which would be called Wide Waffle Chess) would be to just replace all the ferfil (elephant) pieces in the setup of Champagne Chess with Waffles. Waffles can leap 2 cells diagonally, or they can step 1 cell by rank or by file. On 12x8 I'd tentatively estimate a waffle's value to be 2.34(or 2.25 approx.).]

[edit4: An idea of mine for another mutator variant of Champagne Chess some may wish to try (which would be called Wide Dragon Chess) would be to just replace all the ferfil (elephant) pieces in the setup of Champagne Chess with Champions (also known as WADs). Champions can leap 2 cells diagonally or by rank or by file, or they can step 1 cell by rank or by file. On 12x8 I'd tentatively estimate a champion's value to be 3.86(or 3.75 approx.).]


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