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Shako_Balbo. Game with Diamond Shape Board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Greg Strong wrote on Fri, Sep 25, 2020 09:13 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

This is an excellent chess variant, and is one of my favorites. I think it plays better than either of the games from which it is derived. The starting position is carefully considered, allowing a wide variety of different openings.

The rook should still be worth slightly more than the bishop on this board but it is very close. I performed the mobility calculation. With a 30% board occcupancy, the rook's average mobility is 9.8 whereas the bishop's is 9.2. And the mobility of the rook increases faster than that of the bishop as the board clears out.


Aurelian Florea wrote on Mon, Jul 1, 2019 06:10 AM UTC:

@wdtr2

Can pawns promote to anything when they do promote?

Also, my name if Florea!...


Kevin Pacey wrote on Mon, Feb 11, 2019 06:24 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

This game makes for a fine blend of two already interesting games.

At first when playing I felt like I was starting out missing an important pawn, but then I remembered that in chess, the Exchange Variation of the French Defence can produce plenty of interesting and decisive games, even between strong players.


Aurelian Florea wrote on Tue, Jan 15, 2019 06:31 PM UTC:

@wdtr2 Thanks for mentionning me. It would help to also include why, but maybe that's not crucial :)! Have fun!


💡📝wdtr2 wrote on Tue, Jan 15, 2019 12:17 PM UTC:

The rules have been updated for elephant, cannon, and Pawns.


Ben Reiniger wrote on Sat, Jan 12, 2019 01:43 AM UTC:

While it's easy enough to guess your intention by looking at the Shako and Balbo pages, this page should mention the powers of the elephant and cannon, pawn starts and promotions.  (I guess castling is pretty obviously out.)


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