Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Steven Streetman wrote on Sat, Oct 30, 2010 02:27 PM UTC:Yes indeed, the position you present with Spartan Kings at g1, h1 is a draw via stalemate. With Black to move only 1 King is under attack and both possible Spartan moves: Kg1-f1 and g2-f1 are illegal since both result in duple-check. --------------------------------- Just a note: At some point the King at h1 came under attack by the Knight at f2. If this happen when white move the Knight from d1 we record the move as Nd1-f2 !+ . The !+ meaning the attacked King is not in check. We record it this was just for purposes of clarity. As for your comments concerning Scharnagle’s analysis, my experience-based guts certainly tell me you are correct. As for people we cannot mention, that sounds like something good to know. Still I ponder the relative value of Spartan pieces in general and the Colonel and Lieutenant specifically. Both leap like a Knight and hit the same number of squares so it seems they all should be roughly equal. But on the other hand they don’t have as many safe checks as a Knight (important in many evaluation theories). But as you point out experience is the best guide in so complicated a subject and these two Spartan, in play seem about equal to a Knight. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Spartan Chess does not match any item.
