Author: Daniel Jackson
Date: 08:42:55 06/18/04
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On June 18, 2004 at 11:27:52, Daniel Jackson wrote: >On June 18, 2004 at 10:19:10, Ed Trice wrote: > >> >>> >>>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 >> >>The Amazon is a Queen + Knight combined. The Chancellor is a Rook + Knight >>combined. I am not sure what you are referring to in the first part of your >>post. >> >>I never claimed the Chancellor was "new". How could I when Pietro Carrera had an >>80 square variant with this piece in 1617? > >Yes my mistake, an Amazon is the combinative piece of R+N. My point is you >haven't made a new game, you have made changes that have been made before, maybe >a little different, but not much. > >I've seen superior versions of Fairy Chess. Arrgghh! Amazon = Q+N......sigh...
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