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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

For posting:
- 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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25. Marzo 2003, 16:06:47

juangrande

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Asunto: Re: More on the Lucena

Of course everything you said was true, Ed; I would expect that from you. :-) My point was simply that the endgame theory of regular 8x8 chess carries over essentially unaltered to the 10x8 Gothic Chess board (with K+B+N vs K a notable exception). In the particular example we were discussing, White wins against "passive defense" if there are at least two squares on the "short side" of the Pawn, and this is true on both the 8x8 and 10x8 board.

Have you ever looked at the question of K+R+P vs K+A or K+A+P vs K+R? That appears to be an interesting question and a true test of the relative strangth of the Archbishop and Rook.