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I thought the Bishops were placed oddly, though I know they were set to mimic Capablanca Chess. For such a large board, neither mine nor my opponent's were in play much (or at all). Potentially switching the Bishops and the High Priestess/Minister in the opening setup might fix this, as well as protect every pawn in the opening array and prevent white from procuring too strong of a center.
I favorited this game. Very inspiring short range piece combos and combat.
sorry, i have added variant specific castling information to the description of each game (in-game help/description). so it is updated, you can download at zillions site
Sam, yes of course you can add 'schoolbook shatranj' or any other variant based on this to your 'schoolbook' zrf. That would be great to see. There is really no 'official variant' with this zrf, it is called 'Capablanca Shatranj' because everyone is familiar with Capa name etc. I did put 'Birds' up first, because his game came first, then Capa's, the rest then are placed kinda due to the king position, all variants with king position same as Birds/Capa come directly after etc
My [2005-12-17] Comment to Joe Joyce's 'Two Large Shatranj Variants' proposed some variants with the following replacements. I do not recall the Great Rook or Great Bishop ever having been used in a game. [EDIT] Key McKinnis used a wide selection of pieces in Drop Chess (2000), including the Demon (Great Rook ) and the Pope (Great Bishop).
[EDIT 2023-02-12] In Insect Chess (2001) Tim Bostick writes "The Locust moves like a Praying Mantis or like a chess queen." The Locust moves like a Great Rook, a Great Bishop and (probably) also like a Knight.
Marshall/Chancellor replaced by Great Rook = Rook + Afil + Ferz
Cardinal/Archbishop replaced by Great Bishop = Bishop + Dabbabah + Wazir
Queen replaced by Centaur = Knight + Wazir + Ferz
To answer myself, the setup being used is RNBMQKABNR. On another related subject, I have another idea for a Capa variant bouncing through my head: The 'Marshall' moves as rook + king (promoted Shogi rook); The 'Archbishop' moves as bishop + king (promoted shogi bishop); and the 'Queen' moves as king + knight ('Crowned Knight' in royal court chess). This weakening of the pieces should make the game more strategic and less tactical. - Sam |
Hey, is it ok if I add, to the next release of my Schoolbook Zillions file, a version of Capablanca Shantraj with the Schoolbook opening setup to the list of variants? I think it will make for an interesting game. Who knows, if Greg gets time, he may even figure out the values of the knight + wazir + dabbah and knight + ferz + bishop on an 8x10 board and add a 'Capablanca Shantraj' to ChessV. BTW, what's the official opening setup for Capablanca Shantraj? RNBAQKMBNR or RNABQKBMNR? (A = Ferz + Alfil + Knight, M = Wazir + Dabbah + Knight)
- Sam |
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I liked this as well. You can shatranjify any of the Capablanca variants, so perhaps Schoolbook Shatranj or Modern Carrera Shatranj would work better.
I'm up for a game if you want to try.