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another impressive game. as i've mentioned previously elsewhere, games that use standard chess pawns and boards with an odd number of rows tend to be unbalanced, but this problem is eliminated by the double-board aspect of the game. in most of my games, one player was able to get a slight upperhand on one board while the other player gained control of the other board, altho this is somewhat of a generalization. <P>
the tactics in this game quickly become complex and intense, and therefore zillions plays the game well. pawn endgames are particularly interesting because pawns can dodge threats by jumping from board to board. the ghost works well and is easy to visualize and remember (i know aikin discarded several other versions of the ghost before picking the final ghost).
This is a neat idea! I particularly like the care that was taken to avoid
allowing indirect checks by double-moves. (IE, the King being in check by
a combination of both the opposing player's moves.)
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I'll note pedantically that while this game might have been inspired by
Alice Chess, it doesn't have the defining (to me) characteristic of Alice
Chess that moving forces a change between boards. I would describe this
more as a two level 3D Chess variant.
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Chancellor and Marshall are both common names for Rook+Knight. The
common name for Bishop+Knight is Cardinal, although Archbishop and
Princess are used in a fair number of games as well (although Archbishop
is also used for other Bishop variants).
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A game with 6x7 square boards, double-moves and swapping pieces? This
game vaguely resemble a distant cousin of
<a href='..//42.dir/mulligan-stew.html'>Mulligan Stew Chess</a>.
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