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Joe Joyce wrote on Wed, Apr 23, 2008 06:39 AM UTC:

These are Aberg's values:
A  	 Archbishop  	 6.8
C 	 Chancellor 	 8.7
Q 	 Queen 	         9.0

These are Reinhardt's recent values:
High Priestess:
8x8: 6+1/28; 10x8: 6+5/36; 10x10: 6+19/45
Minister:
8x8: 6+5/7; 10x8: 6+3/4; 10x10: 6+44/45
So, for 10x8:
The high priestess comes in at 6.1 vs the archbishop's 6.8 - about a 10%
difference.
The minister comes in at 6.8 vs the chancellor's 8.7, a difference of
over 25%.

Why is the high priestess so close to the archbishop's value, compared to
the minister being noticeably [about 30%] weaker than the chancellor? 

Why is the value of the high priestess and the minister so much closer
together than that of the archbishop and chancellor? This falls in line
with HG Muller's argument, though at the lower value, not the higher
value.  This should imply [at least] something about the 2 types of
pieces, the shortrange leapers vs the infinite sliders, no? But what?

I said I was better at asking than answering questions; these I find
interesting. Now, it's way past my bedtime; good night, all. Pleasant
dreams. ;-)