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Chess variants (10x8)

Sam has closed his piano and gone to bed ... now we can talk about the real stuff of life ... love, liberty and games such as
Janus, Capablanca Random, Embassy Chess & the odd mention of other 10x8 variants is welcome too

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- invitations to games (you can also use the New Game menu or for particular games: Janus; Capablanca Random; or Embassy)
- information about upcoming tournaments
- disussion of games (please limit this to completed games or discussion on how a game has arrived at a certain position
... speculation on who has an advantage or the benefits of potential moves is not permitted while that particular game is in progress)
- links to interesting related sites (non-promotional)

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31. 五月 2003, 17:03:34

Grim Reaper

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It seems in my own games when I elect to remain uncastled, not moving both the e- and f-pawns is a large positional plus. It secures the king and virtually eliminates the chances of being placed in check.

In games where I enjoy the luxury of castling, I do constantly look for endgame themes that can be dangerous. In my endgame with nstre, which went all the way down to Rook and Pawns, I managed to win by just one tempo! In this game we both castled, and I was also forced onto j1 at one point, a tempo I needed to recover desparately.

Here is the game which is worth reviewing. I fast forwarded the game to the point where we were both castled.

Endgame win by one tempo