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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Grim Reaper: I would like to believe that never having suffered a loss in Janus while collecting a fair number of wins allows me the freedom to speculate that the game might be inherently easier to play from Black's perspective.
The above is much different from the:
White is also at a disadvantage by moving first in Janus
My opinion about Janus, although as like you, i dislike this game as it is too diagonal, is that it is well balanced, even though i have the same feeling -in a much lower degree- that black has something better.....
or evidence that the moon is NOT made out of green cheese. Can you give me an evidence for the opposite....?
Only if you transfer me into the moon you can convince me and this is quite difficult.....