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Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Oct 20, 2017 06:30 PM UTC:

Yes, castling with the corner pieces is always possible in Chess with Different Armies. The Chiral Griffons are not color bound, so this would be O2 castling. It seemed better to set up the Sastiks on c- and f-file, even though they are really Knight replacements. This suits both the move of the Satstik and Chiral Aanca better. The latter can get out of the Kings way for castling througj the trajectory g1-f1-c4/b5 after the Sastik moved from f1 to f3 or g3. On f1 the King itself would block it, and you would be forced to break the Pawn shield to get the Right Aanca out.