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This is a fun idea. It's my style of variant: a small change with big
and interesting effects. To those who say that small changes to the
chessboard, such as the addition of a piece, etc., shouldn't count as
a variant proper: it is not the outer appearance that counts. It is
the variations created on the chessboard that determines whether a
variant is valuable. If it captures the interest of the players and
new tactical themes and strategical ideas are introduced, then it is a
chess variant. However, if you create a variant with many new pieces,
etc, but nothing really new is created in the invisible realm, namely
the realm of themes and variations, then the chessvariant lacks 
essential value. What counts is the invisible themes, as Plato said. 
/Mats