Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 20:03:01 01/09/04
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On January 09, 2004 at 22:32:48, David Dahlem wrote: >On January 09, 2004 at 22:10:41, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On January 09, 2004 at 19:06:57, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >> >>>Since the term "gothic" has acquired a very negative social connotation I >>>propose that we change this chess variant's name to reflect the resonant nature >>>of the Chancellor and Archbishop pieces. Anybody here good at inventing new >>>names like Pentium or Centrino? >>> >>> >>>Ultramicroscopicosilicopneumoconiosis? Nah! >>> >>>TJF >> >>How about just call it by it's original name? >> >>Capablanca Game? >> >>;) > >How about, instead of a 10 x 8 board, using the standard 8 x 8 board, and >replacing one bishop with the Archbishop, and replacing one knight with the >Chancellor. Then castling would work as before, and this variant would be more >easily adaptable by current engines. The only problem remaining would be a name >for this new variant. :-) > >Regards >Dave Better yet would be to go back to an 8x8 board and replace the archbishop with an ordinary bishop and replace the chancellor with an ordinary knight. This would have the merit of allowing the use of existing chess engines without modification. : ) Bob D.
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