V. Reinhart wrote on Mon, Jul 24, 2017 01:50 PM UTC:
There may have been some differences in the test setup, for example HGM's test may have been on an 8x8 board where one side had the bishops removed altogether, and replaced by guards (commoners).
Maybe an army likes to have bishops and guards working together, but if the bishops are removed and replaced with guards, the army is slightly worse than the one that still has the bishops? Maybe HGM will shed some light on his specific test set-up, or the scope of his conclusion.
Note all tests by me were done with HGM's Fairy-Max engine, which is very well-designed for playing these types of pieces.
There may have been some differences in the test setup, for example HGM's test may have been on an 8x8 board where one side had the bishops removed altogether, and replaced by guards (commoners).
Maybe an army likes to have bishops and guards working together, but if the bishops are removed and replaced with guards, the army is slightly worse than the one that still has the bishops? Maybe HGM will shed some light on his specific test set-up, or the scope of his conclusion.
Note all tests by me were done with HGM's Fairy-Max engine, which is very well-designed for playing these types of pieces.