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On Designing Good Chess Variants. Design goals and design principles for creating Chess variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Kevin Pacey wrote on Mon, Sep 17, 2018 01:59 AM UTC:

I think I could have replaced the White A/f8 with a N in the diagram of my previous post, and still 1.Pd7xc8=B would be the best move, though I chose to be 'safer' by using an A just in case it mattered (not only that, but I got to use one more fairy chess piece, too).

Whether the White piece on f8 is an A or a N, a question might be whether the initial position could ever arise after some logical previous move(s) (i.e. a 'prequel' of some sort). At least the initial position could have legally arisen, even if it had to be via bad play at least on Black's part. Perhaps putting White's K on a different square on the h3-c8 diagonal at the start might allow for a logical prequel somehow, if it's necessary/possible. [edit: if a White N is initially on f8, perhaps having a Black R on c8 instead of a Q could better help in this regard]