George Duke wrote on Tue, Oct 6, 2009 08:11 PM UTC:
I prefer any of several dozen bifurcators to BN. There is a lot of beauty
on the chessboard down to Betza's Half-Duck and Berolina Pawn. I think I
should in fact differentiate the distinction H.G. draws. That 1-10, BN is
5.5, about average, among some CV-piece-type 500, and it is the RN, 9.5, that
draws down the average for the pair. Pritchard suggests RN to replace RB in
Intro 'ECV' but obviously on 8x8 with standard Pawns, BN is the one as good
as Queen. I wouldn't want BN on 8x10 or 10x10 to substitute for Queen. I
think the best Carrera-style outgrowth is Janus 8x10, dispensing with
Champion(RN). Obviously some few still like Centaur and Champion, but they
are average to most modern designers. [Sam will have noticed, this comment went up simultaneous as his.]
