Author: Daniel Jackson
Date: 06:58:27 06/18/04
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On June 18, 2004 at 00:37:21, Ed Trice wrote: >By the way, you might find this article interesting, which has the same exact >chess position in it: > >http://www.GothicChess.org/vortex.html > >There are windmill checks in Gothic Chess that are so much nastier. Like when a >Chancellor moves to reveal a Bishop behind it. This is commonly referred to as a >Chancellor's Vortex since, in certain cases, this combination forms a >'metapiece' that can take every piece off of the board! Your Chancellor isn't new, in fact(under another name) it was used in orthodox chess in the Middle Ages, both in Europe and Russia. It came to an end in the 18th century. Today this piece known in Fairy Chess is called an Amazon. Daniel
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