On Mar 23, 11:41 am, swmey...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 23, 11:03 am, richardhut...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Mar 23, 8:21 am, swmey...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Mar 23, 1:49 am, richardhut...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > 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?
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> > > > Thanks...
> > > > - Rich
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> > > 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.
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> > > Steve
>
> > Do you have a link to the specific purchase page? I found his
site:http://minds****ts.nl/index-minds****ts.html
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> > 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.
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> > - Rich- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> Rich,
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> Click on the box that says "Grand Chess Hex Dame Boards and Sets."
> The sets are way out of my price range but they do look nice.
>
> I would caution against an 8x8 variant of the game. Freeling's 10x10
> board greatly increases piece maneuverability and alleviates the
> staleness that tends to haunt the opening in chess-type games.
>
> What is "gating," by the way? Is that some special method of entering
> chess pieces onto the board?
>
> Steve
By the way, IAGO Chess rules can be found here:
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSiagochesssyste
- Rich
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