Jörg Knappen wrote on Sat, Nov 27, 2010 01:32 PM UTC:
Maybe it is not wrong that the new armies in CwDA are a small tick stronger than the FIDE army, because
A Pawn is as Strong as the Hand that Holds It
A chessplayers hand is already (more or less) strong at holding the FIDE pieces, but very weak with new pieces introduced in CwDA. Therefore the effective strength of the new armies is reduced by the fact that they are so unusual. Of course, this does not count for a computer that uses mostly brute calculating force.
A Pawn is as Strong as the Hand that Holds It
A chessplayers hand is already (more or less) strong at holding the FIDE pieces, but very weak with new pieces introduced in CwDA. Therefore the effective strength of the new armies is reduced by the fact that they are so unusual. Of course, this does not count for a computer that uses mostly brute calculating force.
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