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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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... speculation on who has an advantage or the benefits of potential moves is not permitted while that particular game is in progress)
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5. August 2004, 04:06:25

Grim Reaper

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Subject: Re: Goth vs. Janus

Gothic is not based on Janus at all! Just look at the castling differences. In Janus, in one direction the king leaps 4 squares, and in the other, just 3. This is a huge difference. In fact, Janus plays like a "colors-reversed" game because when the king ends up in the Knight's file on one side of the board, it is exactly like the opposite color does in chess.

Gothic is actually more closely related to Bird's chess in 1875 than Capablanca's chess from 1925.

See the paper at:

this link for a comparison between Bird, Capablanca, and Gothic.