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Peter Hatch wrote on Fri, Apr 12, 2002 05:51 AM UTC:

I'm not really a mathematician or stastician - I merely enjoy math and am
somewhat talented at it.

I have read your general theory of piece values - in fact, I think I've
read it roughly ten times, starting back when you were still adding to it. 
I'm afraid I can't tell you how accurate it is, as I feel very much the
midget when it comes to playing chess. (I think I may have read your theory
of piece values more often than I have played chess in the last five
years.)

I've meant to e-mail you with various comments about it for many years now,
but I never got around to it.  This handy comment system makes it easy
enough that I'll finally stop procrastinating, though.  I'll start some new
threads, I think.

I hesitate to mention it because I'm currently working on the revision
(which should suck less), but Fantasy Grand Chess is my chess variant with
different armies.  I didn't analyze things very thoroughly (mostly I just
guessed at what looked right), and mostly assumed values would be the same
on an 8x8 board as 10x10, so it needs work.  (Which is what I'm currently
doing.)  I'm also making changes to help the theme, and dropping it down to
a more manageable four armies.

If there are any other numbers in particular you want me to check, let me
know.  I'm currently calculating for a Crooked Rook, which should be simple
after the Bishop, and then I'm going to do mRcpR and RcpR.