Ferdy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 11:58 am
Daniel Shawul wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 6:42 am
Also, I am not sure I understand the negotiation rules.
It has 2 initial game phases in order.
1. PS (piece selection) phase
2. GP (gating preparation) phase.
Starting position used by Jocly (an internet server, was down still down). See image 1.
image 1
In PS white will select a musketeer piece type, then black will also select another piece type. That's the first move.
Example white selects a cannon, and black selects an elephant. After that both sides have a cannon and an elephant.
PS phase is now complete. See image 2.
image 2
Next is GP, user will decide which file are they going to gate their cannon and elephant.
White can move its cannon to b file. See image 3. When the Knight at B1 moves the cannon will enter at B1 square. It's like a promotion move b1c3c or b1a3c. White can play b1c3 without gating, in this case, the cannon loses its right to gate, and it can never be gated for the rest of the game.
image 3
Black can reply by moving its cannon to d file. See image 4.
image 4
That completes move 2.
Next is moving the elephants to row 0 and row 9, white likes to gate to f file and black to g file, that completes move 3. See image 5.
image 5
That completes the PS and GP phases. Game can continue with white playing e2e4 as in chess.
Ref. game rules:
https://musketeerchess.net/games/musket ... -short.php
Hi Daniel (thanks for joining), Ferdy and HG,
Ferdy already explained the Piece Selection and Gating Phase rules which are the particularity of Musketeer Chess.
Concerning your relative values for the pieces, i think you can reasonably make the Following choices:
Pawn 100
King your choice is 1000!! please explain
Queen 900
Rook 500
Bishop 350
Knight 300
Leopard : 670, (your value 500 too low)
Archbishop : 810, (your value 650 is too low !)
Cannon : 750, (your value 400 too low)
Chancellor : 840 (your value 800 is accurate, but i still think that the Chancellor is Under estimated slightly, for me it's the piece i can handle with the most difficulty)
Dragon or Amazone : 1250 (your value 1200 is accurate)
Unicorn : 560, (your value 600 is probably accurate, the Truth is certainly between both)
Hawk : 550, (your value 650 is probably slightly over estimating this piece. It's probably true in the opening phase as it's moves are only jumps, but once the opening surprise passed (forking capabilities limited) it's slightly less valuable)
Elephant : 630 (your value 500 is too low)
Fortress : 780 (your value 600 is probably too low)
Spider : 860 (your value 650 is probably too low)
THESE ARE SLIGHTLY MODIFIED VALUES OF THE WORK I'VE DONE WITH FERDY TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE PIECE VALUE.
https://musketeerchess.net/site/muskete ... ece-value/
Ferdy has done a perft test. He can share with you.