💡📝Sam Trenholme wrote on Thu, Mar 16, 2006 09:45 AM UTC:
I think the comment you are referring to is this one.
I think Pre-Chess (a variant where each player places a piece anywhere on the first rank until the first rank is full before moving pieces noramlly) is a very interesting variant. This variant is mentioned, as I recall, in New Rules for Classic Games, but only exists as a Java applet on this server with no discussion of the variant. As I recall (I got rid of this book years ago when cleaning out storage), Pre-Chess was mentioned in a 1970s issue of Chess Life magazine.
The Carrera chess variants is a crowded field, but with good reason: This setup makes for a very nice game. I think I mentioned this before, but the big reason there are so many Carrera variants is because there were some serious problems with one of the more famous Carrera opening setups. I said this before, but it's interesting that what you settled on as being the best 10x8 setup is very close to my own Schoolbook setup (which I came up with in the summer of 2004). Indeed, your placment of the rooks may make for a better game.
I think Pre-Chess (a variant where each player places a piece anywhere on the first rank until the first rank is full before moving pieces noramlly) is a very interesting variant. This variant is mentioned, as I recall, in New Rules for Classic Games, but only exists as a Java applet on this server with no discussion of the variant. As I recall (I got rid of this book years ago when cleaning out storage), Pre-Chess was mentioned in a 1970s issue of Chess Life magazine.
The Carrera chess variants is a crowded field, but with good reason: This setup makes for a very nice game. I think I mentioned this before, but the big reason there are so many Carrera variants is because there were some serious problems with one of the more famous Carrera opening setups. I said this before, but it's interesting that what you settled on as being the best 10x8 setup is very close to my own Schoolbook setup (which I came up with in the summer of 2004). Indeed, your placment of the rooks may make for a better game.
- Sam