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White Elephant Chess. Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Pawn=7, Alfil=8, Ferz=12, Silver General=20, Knight=21, Commoner=28, Rook=35
<p>are my working values. I started by multiplying Ralph Betza's 'standard values' by four. The Commoner can move like a Wazir or a Ferz, and has a higher value of four Pawns in his more recent writings. I simply averaged Ferz (12) and Commoner (28) to get 20 for the Silver General. Perhaps the modern Bishop should be 22. Like the Commoner, the Great Elephant is more than the sum of its parts. I estimate its value at 32 to 36. Time to stop juggling numbers and make a concrete proposal.
<p>WHITE ELEPHANT CHESS V: Replace the White queen with a mammoth (rook plus forward bishop). Replace the Black bishops with elephants and the Black rooks with great elephants. Each army is no more than one pawn weaker than the FIDE army. I suspect that Black has a tiny material advantage over White.