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Subject: Re: How many chess engines come up with the windmill?

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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