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Field Chess. On an 8x12 board with 8 extra pieces per side (Archers). (8x12, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
George Duke wrote on Fri, Sep 23, 2016 08:30 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

Archer Pawns are not rifle piece at all and do capture by displacement.  The board is unusually aligned for new type Archer.


George Duke wrote on Sat, Feb 5, 2005 09:08 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
'DEF,LargeCV': Written up admittedly as sort of exercise, Field Chess is a good enough practice. Archers are strong Pawns though not of Cannon Pawn value, because Archers are 'progressive' going forward only. They go straight forward 1 or 2 whether capturing or not, or one diagonal only to capture. It looks to be important to get B and N through to start picking off what amounts to 16 pawns, worth thinking about; which would work better with additional back rank piece (Falcon would be perfect there). Or, a good embodiment is just Archer-Pawns numbering 8 and no Orthodox Pawns on the elongated board.

24377 wrote on Thu, Sep 12, 2002 11:45 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
Why doesn't the inventor of this variant sell this game as a two for one deal with our popular version? It would be a great a mix for the chess world.

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