On Apr 5, 4:11 am, Sanny <softta...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> What do you say how many people will play Grand Chess?
I wouldn't hold my breath.
I don't think anyone has invented a variant quite like yours before,
with two of every piece *including the King* and the need to checkmate
both of them. But that's how Chess on the four-sided board is usually
played, and it's played as a partner****p game, so the double-dummy
version of that already satisfies most people who would be interested
in your variant.
Many people have, for whatever reason, proposed enlarged versions of
Chess where there are two Queens, four Knights, and so on, however.
The ideas was that by not adding pieces with new powers, they could
concentrate on making Chess larger without making it more complicated,
and a larger Chess would be a step towards a more realistic wargame.
Some related games also did add one or two pieces with new powers. The
Duke of Rutland's Chess is one example, and several games on an 11 by
11 board come to mind.
Double-dummy Mecklenburg Chess, on a 16 by 8 board, or Double Chess on
a 16 by 12 board, are similar to your idea as well, but with a doubly-
repeated array rather than an array of piece-pairs. Double Chess,
though, requires checkmating either King, not both.
John Savard
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