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Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Leo wrote on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 06:14 PM EST:
ok, i didn't quite get the distinction, but here is my comment on
cappablanca chess in general: it gives rooks more power, and takes too
much power from the knights. the addition of the 16 extra squares reduces
the board mobility of the knights, a pivitol piece in Chess and Fischer
Random Chess. 

and i also find the two new peices to be just a tad extravagant. i think
if i want new peices, play 'chess with different armies', my new
favorite besides FRC. (my prefference now goes: FRC, CwDA, then chess,
then cappablanca chess.) 

anyway, FRC was invented because of how boring openings have gotten in
Chess, because there are millions of pages written about the openings
alone, and everyone is playing off of memory, not playing chess. 

CRC and Cappablanca 84000 are simply superfluous in this way, because
cappablanca chess itself doesn't yet (and perhaps never will) have the
problem of opening memorizations.  

anyway, this is what i think. mostly just taste, but a little informed
opinion as well.