Jeremy Good wrote on Sun, May 31, 2009 04:13 AM UTC:
I have played many games of Alekhine Chess on Cowplay and enjoyed a lot of them. It's not easy to play because there are so many combinational possibilities.
I like the logical structure of Alekhine Chess.
The question of castling is moot since, in my experience, in games with superpowered pieces, it usually makes the king less safe to castle! You want to keep the king in the center not isolate it into the corner.
Ralph Betza's Tripunch Chess has pieces more powerful than these on an 8 x 8 board and it's really a lot of fun to play, I think. As is Betza's Tutti Frutti Chess which sticks all these same compounds on an 8 x 8 board. There are countless other similar examples. For that matter, simple Amazon Chess is quite fun and was the most popular variant for a long time in parts of Europe. I don't know why people are so prejudiced against Amazons. Maybe because powerful women are intimidating? ;)
Is this game a fitting tribute to Alekhine? Perhaps!
I have played many games of Alekhine Chess on Cowplay and enjoyed a lot of them. It's not easy to play because there are so many combinational possibilities.
I like the logical structure of Alekhine Chess.
The question of castling is moot since, in my experience, in games with superpowered pieces, it usually makes the king less safe to castle! You want to keep the king in the center not isolate it into the corner.
Ralph Betza's Tripunch Chess has pieces more powerful than these on an 8 x 8 board and it's really a lot of fun to play, I think. As is Betza's Tutti Frutti Chess which sticks all these same compounds on an 8 x 8 board. There are countless other similar examples. For that matter, simple Amazon Chess is quite fun and was the most popular variant for a long time in parts of Europe. I don't know why people are so prejudiced against Amazons. Maybe because powerful women are intimidating? ;)
Is this game a fitting tribute to Alekhine? Perhaps!