How do you define 'forced captured', then? I would say the only problem with a Gold general is that in a minority of the positions the bare King can force its capture. It doesn't always capture it on the first move, though.
This is a bit different for the Woody Rook. With that, there exist fortress draws, where the bare King cannot force its capture, but can perpetually chase it with the threat of capture.
But I agree that there is a spectrum between major and minor, depending on the fraction of won positions. We should laso take into account that a large fraction of the possible positions is unnatural; we tend to keep our pieces in safe places. So in practice the important thing might be whether a piece can always force mate when it starts protected by its own King.
How do you define 'forced captured', then? I would say the only problem with a Gold general is that in a minority of the positions the bare King can force its capture. It doesn't always capture it on the first move, though.
This is a bit different for the Woody Rook. With that, there exist fortress draws, where the bare King cannot force its capture, but can perpetually chase it with the threat of capture.
But I agree that there is a spectrum between major and minor, depending on the fraction of won positions. We should laso take into account that a large fraction of the possible positions is unnatural; we tend to keep our pieces in safe places. So in practice the important thing might be whether a piece can always force mate when it starts protected by its own King.