Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Apr 7, 2018 02:54 AM UTC:
The Game Courier preset has been posted. Might I suggest, though, that you use 3 square colors. This makes the knightrider moves much easier to visualize. (Use "checker pattern" of "10.21." - this will alternate between the first and third colors for the dark squares.)
Regarding Champion vs. Bishop - on 12x10 the Bishop has a Betza mobility of 5.07 while the Champion is at 6.70. These are the values when the board is at 30% occupancy - which seems to work well for Chess, but Chess starts out at a board density of 50%. Wide Nightrider starts with a densite of 40%, so calculating the mobility at 20% may be more appropriate. This yields 5.80 for the Bishop, the Champion still at 6.70. The density of pices on the board needs to get down to 8% before the mobility of the Bishop equals that of the Champion, and even then the Bishop is still colorbound. So I think there is no doubt that the Champion is stronger.
The Game Courier preset has been posted. Might I suggest, though, that you use 3 square colors. This makes the knightrider moves much easier to visualize. (Use "checker pattern" of "10.21." - this will alternate between the first and third colors for the dark squares.)
Regarding Champion vs. Bishop - on 12x10 the Bishop has a Betza mobility of 5.07 while the Champion is at 6.70. These are the values when the board is at 30% occupancy - which seems to work well for Chess, but Chess starts out at a board density of 50%. Wide Nightrider starts with a densite of 40%, so calculating the mobility at 20% may be more appropriate. This yields 5.80 for the Bishop, the Champion still at 6.70. The density of pices on the board needs to get down to 8% before the mobility of the Bishop equals that of the Champion, and even then the Bishop is still colorbound. So I think there is no doubt that the Champion is stronger.