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Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Dec 16, 2015 11:25 PM UTC:
> But I think that generally, a singe piece that combines the powers of two lesser pieces would be worth less than those two pieces. As evidence of this, I offer the fact that a Queen controls twice as many squares as a Rook (and as many squares as 2 Rooks), but is worth less than two Rooks.

You're doing your math wrong. A Queen at 9 points is worth more than a Rook (5 points) + a Bishop (3.25 points).