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Subject: Re: What is "wild"?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 09:49:59 12/11/00

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On December 11, 2000 at 07:34:42, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:

>(...)
>
>On Fics "wild" is defined as normal chess with different starting positions, for
>example fisher random, or black king on d8, queen on e8 else normal setup, or
>"backward chess", pawns start on 7th rank.
>Chess variants with different playing rules have distinct names like "suicide"
>or "crazyhouse".

I have played wild 2 a lot, which I'd like to recommend as a good practical
training and entertainment. I think this is identical to fischer random (more or
less; at chess.net you can castle when K+R are on the original squares IIRC).

For wild 2 beginners, it is important to notice that a pawn can be attacked with
the very first move (which was often overlooked by my opponents). Furthermore,
when your bishops are of the same color, I think it's good to place the pawns on
the other color right from the start of the game.

For me, the interesting aspect of wild is, that opponents with detailed openings
knowledge loose this advantage, and only the practical playing strength decides.

Regards,
M.Scheidl



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