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Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Michael Nelson wrote on Thu, Mar 6, 2003 09:49 PM UTC:

Some thoughts on the pieces:

The pawn is about the same value as in FIDE Chess: while it can only
promote to Bishop, it promotes to a Bishop that is itself promotable.

I don't expect to see an AmazonRider in an actual well-played game, but I
just had to have it for logical completeness. I wonder if an AmazonRider
is really all that more powerful than an Amazon on an 8x8 board: the
difference certainly feels less than the gap between Knight and
Nightrider.

The SuperChancellor can mate unassisted--the only value class 6 piece
which can do so.

The leveling effect among pieces of the same value class is stronger than
in other chess variants, since by spending a tempo, you can mutate one
into another. On the other hand, among pieces in the same value class
their are slight differnces in value based on the type of position.  In
open/wide open positions, the most valuable move components seem to be
Rook, Bishop, Knight in order and Wazir or Ferz is a more valuable
enhancement than Nightrider.  In closed/severly closed positions, the
reverse is true.  In-between positons seem to favor Bishops.