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Why does splitting extension field’s elements into several subfields doesn’t help solving discrete logs despite it helps computing exponentiations and multiplications ?

If the white amazon (QN) in Maharajah and the Sepoys is replaced by the fairy chess pieces, does black still have a winning strategy? Or white have a winning strategy? Or draw?