💡📝Graeme Neatham wrote on Sun, Aug 26, 2007 07:19 PM UTC:
Joe, the piece values were derived using my PERK method. This is still being developed and I have not checked the calcs thoroughly yet, hence the term guesstimate.
I think the downgrading of the Bishop is due, as you said, to it being colour-bound.
As for the Tower, in comparison with the Queen it suffers on 2 counts:
It attacks in only 6 directions (Queen attacks in 12)
It moves more 'slowly', taking 15 steps to cross the board (Both Spire and Bishop take only 7 steps)
Joe, the piece values were derived using my PERK method. This is still being developed and I have not checked the calcs thoroughly yet, hence the term guesstimate.
I think the downgrading of the Bishop is due, as you said, to it being colour-bound.
As for the Tower, in comparison with the Queen it suffers on 2 counts: