David Lichtenstein wrote on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 03:34 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
In Ralph Betza's cspigs chess, this piece is worth six points. I'm not
entirely sure that it is more powerful than a rook. It can cut off large
swaths of board (effectively preventing a king from entering a collumn or
row), but I haven't played with it enough to be sure it is worth the six
points.
For instance, if the opponent's 'King' was a royal knight rather than
a
royal commoner, the Squirrel would be somewhat less effective than a rook
in the endgame, wouldn't it?