Fergus said that Cannon could checkmate with any other minor piece. I have tested this myself and confirm that K+C+N and K+C+B could indeed force checkmate. How do you force a checkmate with two cannons? I tried it out; and although I could trap the king in the corner, checkmate could not be forced so I'm curious how you did that.
Fergus also said that checkmate could be done by two knights. It is well known in FIDE chess that checkmate could not be forced. Is there some additional rules in this variant that I'm missing?
Also how do you guys value Cannon comparing to Knight and Bishop? In Chess P-N-B-R-Q is valued 1-3-3.5-5.5-10 and in Chinese chess P-N-C-R is valued 2-4-4.5-9 but these are some what different scales.
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Fergus said that Cannon could checkmate with any other minor piece. I have tested this myself and confirm that K+C+N and K+C+B could indeed force checkmate. How do you force a checkmate with two cannons? I tried it out; and although I could trap the king in the corner, checkmate could not be forced so I'm curious how you did that.
Fergus also said that checkmate could be done by two knights. It is well known in FIDE chess that checkmate could not be forced. Is there some additional rules in this variant that I'm missing?
Also how do you guys value Cannon comparing to Knight and Bishop? In Chess P-N-B-R-Q is valued 1-3-3.5-5.5-10 and in Chinese chess P-N-C-R is valued 2-4-4.5-9 but these are some what different scales.
Thanks!