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Chess variants (10x8)

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8. Aprile 2003, 23:00:30

juangrande

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Argomento: Re: Bigger board, faster game?

:-) Well, Felix, I must say that now I feel a bit silly for taking such a mathematical/scientific approach to your question since it appears that what you really meant by "speed" refers to the "feel of the game", a feature which can't be quantified. It seemed like you were taking the scientific approach by asking about the effect of the 10x8 board after removing the Gothic pieces, so that's what my reply addressed. Oh well, we both appear to agree that Gothic Chess is a richer, more complex, and "faster" game than regular chess. :-) BTW, see
http://math.uww.edu/~mcfarlat/177endg2.htm
for a brief description of opposition. For a more complete discussion of the fundamentals of King and Pawn endgames, see
http://www.chesscafe.com/heisman/heisman.htm
Note that everything said about King and Pawn endgames carries over to Gothic Chess.