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H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Jan 7, 2009 10:58 PM UTC:
Well, I didn't say that it was wrong to have the K + N + lame D piece in there: even if it is worth slightly over a Queen, there is nothing against having 3 Queen-class pieces on a 10x10 board. (Capablanca has 3 Queen-class pieces on 10x8, and that is an OK variant...) Although having a piece capable of solo checkmating might not be good for a variant. (OTOH, Knightmate has that too, and does not really suffer from it.)

K+N should be 7.5-8, almost balancing a Rook + Knight in an end-game with otherwise only King and Pawns. At least it is on 8x8. On 10x10 it might lose some value, but so would the Knight, so it might still be a fair match for a Rook and a Knight.