Of course, it would be no point, for grandmasters, to devote themselves to orthochess if there were no first move advantage. The game would have been even more...
I have spent much time investigating new piece characteristics and have acheived some interesting results. Many are quite useful despite being atypical in...
In Simplified Chess, a variant designed to remove some of the kruft from Standard Chess, I've found that the first move advantage is greatly reduced but for an...
My favourite is The Adjutant, although I differ in your valuation. I would rank it slightly higher than a rook, but only slightly. I love the Korean Cannon...
Jeremy, you're right, I sidetracked on discussing the elimination of the first-move advantage [or disadvantage], by answering other's responses directly rather...
I like what you said here about opening moves in some variants being without regard to what the other player was moving. It would be interesting to see a...
Interesting. But I wonder if there is any move that is so horrid that would make the other player choose to take black and proceed? For example, even a...
Here are two on my new pieces: The Courier Elephant: http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MScourierelephan The Silver Elephant (leaper): ...
Charles Gilman's *Ecumenical Chess* is a worthy variant, but can his *Pawnless Ecumenical Chess* (a bold idea) work? Is there an opening setup that works for...
Are there any chess variants you think are overpowered? (Greg?) A friend thinks Remarkable Rookies are. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Proposing new piece: Stag Unicorn http://www.chessvariants.org/index/listcomments.php?subjectid=Stag+Unicorn [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Good question. Let's compare the Remarkable Rookies with the standard Fabulous Fide army. According to Betza's atomic theory, a piece of two atoms is...
Yes, thank you. Is this Jeff "Cavebear" Stroud? Inventor of ABC Chess, Wild Jokers and Pawn Massacre Chess? (Are there others you have also invented that...
Looking to the maorider chess, I remembered a group of riders that I developed misthinking about the sissa. As the maorider is a n(WF), with the variations of...
XINTAI, SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA, 3 SEPTEMBER 2009: Zhao Xinxin has won the World Championship of Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). The event was held from 28 August...
Awesome report! Are there other reports of the event. I love Xiangqi but I rarely get to play. It's nice to hear someone in NYC plays. I may have to hunt...
... Regarding other reports of this event, there was an extensive press section at the tournament. They said that the pairings, results and all of the games...
Just a quick note for those that might be interested. Cannon has been added to BoardSpace.net already extensive list of games. The AI are still weak but with a...
Hi Everyone, I just finished my website for a new Chess variant game that I created called Pawn's Quest. If you get a chance, please let me know what you...
Hi Matt, Thank you. (Although I haven't been there in 15 years, Seattle is still one of my favorite cities.) Regards, Tony ________________________________ ...
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