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Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Tony Paletta wrote on Thu, Sep 18, 2003 03:30 AM UTC:

It's not surprising that Black has an edge if White must retain both the
RN and BN; I also agree that White is somewhat better if only one must be
retained. Finding a roughly balanced version of this CV might possibly
involve:
 
(a) weakening Black (Q limited to max of two spaces?) or strengthening
White (RNB instead of RN?) if White must retain both insurgent leaders or
 
(b) strengthening Black (RNB instead of RB?) and weakening White (R +
'vertical' or two rank N for RN, B + 'horizontal' or two file N for
BN?) if White must only retain one.

A second (related) change might be to limit promotion to R, N or B for
both players.