Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 11:55:57 02/08/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 14:34:17, Cary wrote: >If you want to make chess more exciting consider Fisher's ideas on random start >positions, that way we can get rid of all the opening books bs. >Or add two extra knights and pawns. And why not add in dice to determine how many squares a queen may move? And have the participants take shots of their favorite liquor each time they move? I think part of the prerequisite is that we should not change the game. The same strategies that have worked for decades should not all of the sudden become trash. One of the reasons we see a lot of draws by agreement today is because the players don't want to embark on that complex position and really have to work, so they look at the board and think, "wow, this is really complex and unclear...draw?" Do you think randomizing the pieces in the opening is going to help that?
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