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Hmm, I count 4 pieces in between Q and R here: RF, BW, KN, Sq. So 6 pieces at >5, what is left is the Bs, a Man which is equal to the B and thus not so light, and finally the weakest is the N. I believe it is much heavier than Capablanca's. That's perfect if you like bloody battles.
H. G. Muller wrote on Tue, Oct 18, 2022 04:00 PM EDT:Well, it doesn't seem worse than Capablanca Chess and similar 10x8 variants. There you have 3 Queen-class pieces, here only 2. Here there are 2 pieces in between Rook and Queen, though (Squirrel and Crowned Rook). But the board here is 12 wide instead of 10. A agree that it is a bit short on weaker pieces, with only an extra Guard. But very many variants suffer from that; here at least there is an extra light piece.
Very nice application, I have enjoyed to play.
It is an appealling modernization of Courier chess but to my taste, the board is somehow too small for so many strong pieces.
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Well, BW is about equal to Rook. On 8x8 at least. But you are right, quick naive counting with Q = RN = 9, BN = 8, KN = RF = NAD = 7, R = BW = 5, B = N = FW = 3 gives totals of 31 for FIDE, 48 for Capablanca and 60 for this. So it has 33% more power on a 20% larger board as Capablanca. Divided by the board width we get 3.875, 4.8 and 5. I guess part of that is due to the fact that it has an extra piece. But Seirawan Chess with 48 on 8x8 is much worse (6). And I did not even bother to calculate it for variants like Sac Chess.