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2. Dicembre 2004, 10:39:54

Walter Montego

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Argomento: Re: Standards

I meant the actual pieces themselves, not the representations of them. Grand Chess used to have a webpage up and it had a page of the chess sets for the game that they made and sold. I thought it cool how they made the Marshall and Cardinal. Easy to tell which piece they were, plus nice looking sets too.
As for you symbols. I suppose the two swords is a gatekeeper, but I don't like it much. That link to the chess variant's page of Grand Chess had better looking representations than the one I'm used to seeing on their site.

Since when was the King valued as 4 Pawns? I've always played him as just under the Knight in strength. He covers eight squares maximum like a Knight, but it takes him 7 moves to cross the board. Plus, his vulnerablity makes him a target and he can't be traded. Definitely not a stronger piece than a Knight or Bishop. Or am I reading that chart incorrectly?