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Samarcanda. Variant of Mideast Chess with Crooked Bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Apr 3, 2004 07:58 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
Crooked Bishops certainly have an easier move to remember than the piece that they replace, and that makes the game itself an improvement on 'Mideast' Chess. However, the rating is also for the page, which presents its variant more clearly. It is good that all pieces are either referred to by a familiar name or cross-referenced to one.

Andy Maxson wrote on Tue, Feb 20, 2007 03:51 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
this looks interesting with crooked bishops replacing the monstrous cavaliers.However the crooked bishop's move is not related to any sort of mideastern piece, the cavalier was related to the well known gryphon. Maybe you could add renn cavaliers instead of the mideast cavaliers and guards a fusion of the ferz and wazir or maybe replace the queen with the mideast cavalier or as ed friedlander calls it the godzilla and and replace the godzillas that flank the king and queen with queens. maybe this variant i propose could face hawaiian chess

Kevin Pacey wrote on Thu, Mar 1, 2018 09:06 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

Interesting large board variant, with a number of classic fairy piece types.


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