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Jeremy Lennert wrote on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 08:06 PM UTC:
How does the inclusion of Nightriders lead to a mutual perpetual check?

Betza also believed the crooked bishop to be worth about a rook, but
that's also colorbound, so I suppose it would have the same problem as
BD.

The "aanca" (W>B bent rider) might also be close enough to be an
intersting test, if you want a long-range non-colorbound piece.  It's
almost certainly noticeably stronger than a rook, but should still be
closer to rook than queen.

Of course, those both assume your engine can handle nonlinear riders, which
may not be the case...