George Duke wrote on Sat, Jul 28, 2007 03:23 PM UTC:
Piece-values: for pieces of Rook value+, first find Pawn-equivalence.
8 K___P___P___P___P___P___P___P A = Angel, leaps to any square reached
7 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P in n King moves(Conway), n=7 8x8
6 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P P = Black Pawns Why 'any value>
5 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P 1.0' & then assign 60.0? Because A
4 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P on 8x8 sets up in illegal position(!)
3 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P and so not properly rated. Arriving
2 P___P___P___P___P___P___ ___a anyway at '60 pts.': 60 Black Pawns,
1 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___k White goes first h2-f8 Checkmate.
a b c d e f g h If instead Black moves first,
g3-g2 Check (ignoring activation of Angel's simultaneous check by special
rule that Angel must move) and after h2xg2, f3xg2, capturing Angel, Black
is to win. So equivalence of 60(or 59)Pawns and one Angel(58 or 60)
8 P___P___P___P___K___P___P___P Unlike Angel, Angel-prime(n=6) is bona
7 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P fide piece on 8x8. Legal initial,
6 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P no promotion of course. 47 Pawns beat
5 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P A-p and King, but remove several
4 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P forward Pawns and A-prime soon finds
3 P___P___P___P___P___P___P___P a square six removed from King,
2 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ checkmate, proving A-p 39-41 points.
1 ___ ___ ___a___k___ ___ ___
