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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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11. May 2003, 21:22:46

jestone

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Subject: More J power examples

By way of illustrating the surprising power of a lone Janus piece to administer mate with a little help from his enemies, I humbly present 3 recent wins. I choose to show them not for any great or deep play on my part, but as a lesson to new players of something that we all need to be careful about.

Game #89328 might be called a semi-smothered mate.

In Game #92008, White should have played 16. Ke2. But chose the normal action of capturing the checking knight, & overlooked my next move.

Here, in Game #83178, the final position is similar to the preceding example.

Lest you think I only wish to show off my good games & hide my bad ones (of which there are many!), I offer this one: Game #82944. Argh! Now that hurts...