Tonic vs. Root

12/2 Working on a study between knight and king in games (any configuration for now, any move or position). King has to be one of them. Or does it? In music we often drop the root. I asked what the two most important pieces in a chess game analysis were. 1st inning (playing baseball, chess, and music) Gemini answered knight and bishop, forgetting a king is needed. 2nd try, it then went to knight and rook. 3rd try, it reversed the order to rook and knight. (Still the same thing.) 4th try, pawn and king. "Is this closer to your idea? By focusing on the Pawn (Unit of Time/Rhythm) and the King (Harmonic Anchor/Key), we establish the most fundamental and universally essential patterns in both the game and music." Sounds like a good conclusion, but not what I was loooking for. I asked again. 5th try, it then suggested rook with bishop (not recognizing a king is still needed in chess). I gave it three strikes then it was out, on the third strike it did bring up the queen with bishop (referencing their diagonal moves). Middle game analysis is more pertinent here, but bringing out the queen needs more careful consideration. Earlier on, queen trades would happen. 2nd inning I asked Gemini which the scariest moves in the beginning were and which piece it feared the most. It mentioned bishop. I thought the same until I learned about the bishop pair. I would always trade off a bishop before knight. My ignorance told me knights can go on all the squares, one bishop can't. Therefore, 2 knights are stronger than 2 bishops. To make it more absurd, I would trade off the LSB in the Philidor Defense just so I would have the "advantage". 3rd inning Root vs. Tonic