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Chess variants (10x8)

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9. april 2003, 00:50:34

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Emne: Juan's Misinterpretation of my remarks

From Juan:

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Ed (GothicChessPro) claims that it would be faster because more games would be decided by an outside passed Pawn due to the increased width of the board. I find that hard to believe.
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Nowhere did I discuss the specific ending theme of outside passed pawns.

My exact remarks were:

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Look at the concept of "the square" in king and pawn endings. Now the board is rectangular, which means, by default, you can swap down even from all minors to just pawns and be in an instant win.
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The concept of "the square" is not limited to outside passed pawns. Keyword: concept.

If the board was populated entirely by minor pieces, one miscue in Gothic, and a flurry of swaps could leave you in a King + Pawn ending that cannot be drawn because your own King would be too distant to reach a square where a breakthrough could be initiated or an opposition would need to be contested.

I have been in countless speed games and done this to chessplayers who would make comments like: "But this is a bishops of opposite color draw" to which I replied: "If you remove any two files on this board and make it an 8x8 board you are correct. But it is 10x8, so I win."

In the future, if there is something that is written that needs additional elaboration, just ask me and I will explain in more detail. As was seen in this case, and in the Juan/Felix discussion, it is possible for us to have "different understandings" of what was being discussed.