Author: Ed Trice
Date: 20:37:08 01/09/04
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> >How about just call it by it's original name? > >Capablanca Game? > Capablanca's setup from 1925 was meant to improve upon the Henry Bird configuration of 1874 which allowed white to mate in 2 if black did not immediately defend h7 if white played 1. Ch3. Bird's 1874 variant was not the first 80 square variant either. Pietro Carerra had one with 80 squares in 1617.
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