George Duke wrote on Fri, Feb 4, 2005 06:57 PM UTC:
Medieval Chess played in GC now is perfect example of Larry Smith's
'advantage in exchange'. In both GC games there has been one piece
exchange so far after close to 30 moves[a 3rd game, zero]. Four pieces are
of about the same value: Knight, Longbowman, Seer, Swordsman. 'If a game were
populated with pieces of near equal value, the advantage of the exchange might not be
significant.' --Smith in this thread. Few sacrifices suggest themselves
for positional advantage; Medieval Ch. is from its onset like Orthodox
FIDE Chess in rewarding caution.