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Man. Moves to any adjacent square, like a King, but not royal.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Jan 31, 2017 05:01 AM UTC:

Conclusion: Grandmasters can win even more games if they knew a king's value is 3.1, not 4.0

I don't think this is true.  The King can't be traded - each player has exactly one at all times, so any consideration of it's value is purely theoretical (at least in orthodox chess.)