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Fairy chess piece endgames

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FYI: (Skip this if you think you know the pieces)

Amazon:Can move like a queen and a knight combined.I'm not sure of its value but i guess that it's worth at least 14 points.

Chancellor/Empress:Can move like a rook and a knight combined,worth half a point less than a queen.

Archbishop:Can move like a knight and a bishop combined,suprisingly to many,its value is only 0.75 points less than a queen or 0.25 points less than a chancellor.

General:Can move like a knight and a king combined.Im not sure of its value but i'd guess that it's worth around 7 points.

Camel:3|1 jumper (knight is a 2|1 jumper so u could think of it as an elongated colorbound knight)

Fairy piece endgames:
Camel vs rook
My guess:Rook wins
Reason:An endgame of rook vs minor piece is drawn in most situations,however camels are very bad in the endgame because of their longer jump.It will either have to not move or have to split up with the king,in a stronger piece vs weaker piece endgame the weaker piece must stick with the king.

Archbishop vs rook
My guess: Draw
Reasoning:In a weaker piece vs stronger piece endgame,the side with the stronger piece wants to fork the king and the weaker piece or to force the king to the edge of the board to win.
Forking the king and rook with an archbishop is a task easier said then done.However,pinning the rook to the king with an archbishop in this endgame will always result in the loss of the rook so that is one dangerous trap.The rook can just stick to the king and the movement of the archbishop is not free enough for it to find a winning tactic.And i encountered so many stalemate traps that draw the game forced if you are not careful enough.

Chancellor vs rook
Chancellor wins. (not a guess)
The chancellor can attack in 12 directions,and it has enough freedom of movement to be able to force the loss of the rook.

General vs rook
My guess:General wins.
Surprisingly enough,the general and the king are enough to force the loss of the rook.How? by cornering the king and rook

Amazon vs archbishop
Amazon wins
I think amazon has enough freedom of movement to fork the king and archbishop easily,bonus points if you mate the king without even taking the archbishop.

Amazon vs general
Amazon wins
Amazon can easily fork the general and king.

Amazon vs chancellor
Amazon wins
The amazon is just too strong and the second the tempo's on the side with the amazon it can win the chancellor and mate the king by itself.

Amazon vs queen
Amazon wins
Chad amazon will win the queen and mate the king just by itself in less than 10 moves.Tried and tested.


Any one of the queen archbishop or chancellor against another one among them is drawn because of similar material. (assuming no tactics are available)

Queen vs general: Draw
The general next to a king is able to cover almost all checks that the queen can give.