On Mar 23, 8:21 am, swmey...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Mar 23, 1:49 am, richardhut...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > Hey, anyone have a lead on this? I would like to get pieces of the
> > Capablanca chess variety (Knight-Rook, Knight-Bishop), but my search
> > on the web has come up empty. Anyone have any possible leads here on
> > this?
>
> > Thanks...
> > - Rich
>
> Rich,
>
> Capablanca pieces are used in Christian Freeling's chess variant
> "Grand Chess," where they are called the Marshal and the Cardinal. I
> don't have a Grand Chess set myself, but I believe they are still sold
> on Freeling's website. The physical representation of the Capablanca
> pieces is somewhat crude (horses with things growing out of their
> heads), but Grand Chess as a chess variant is excellent --- the key is
> the back row, which is empty except for the rooks, allowing for much
> more freedom in setting up defense and attack.
>
> Steve
Do you have a link to the specific purchase page? I found his site:
http://minds****ts.nl/index-minds****ts.html
But I don't see a store on there.
Also I am in the United States. I would like to be able to order them
and have lower cost ****pping. I would like to get them to experiment
with an 8x8 version of Freeling's game, and also a version of
Capablanca that uses gating to get the Cap pieces on the board. In
addition, I have another one more standard I am working on, based on
the same gating concept to I would like to try out. I might look to
also code it up in Zillions, but need to figure out how to do gating.
Fairly soon, I will be getting the IAGO Chess rules up on the variant
site. I am doing final tweaks.
- Rich
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