On Mar 23, 11:03*am, wrote:
On Mar 23, 8:21 am, wrote:
On Mar 23, 1:49 am, wrote:
Hey, anyone have a lead on this? I would like to get pieces of the
Capablanca chess variety (Knight-Rook, Knight-Bishop), but my search
on the web has come up empty. Anyone have any possible leads here on
this?
Thanks...
- Rich
Rich,
Capablanca pieces are used in Christian Freeling's chess variant
"Grand Chess," where they are called the Marshal and the Cardinal. *I
don't have a Grand Chess set myself, but I believe they are still sold
on Freeling's website. *The physical representation of the Capablanca
pieces is somewhat crude (horses with things growing out of their
heads), but Grand Chess as a chess variant is excellent --- the key is
the back row, which is empty except for the rooks, allowing for much
more freedom in setting up defense and attack.
Steve
Do you have a link to the specific purchase page? *I found his site:http://mindsports.nl/index-mindsports.html
But I don't see a store on there.
Also I am in the United States. *I would like to be able to order them
and have lower cost shipping. *I would like to get them to experiment
with an 8x8 version of Freeling's game, and also a version of
Capablanca that uses gating to get the Cap pieces on the board. *In
addition, I have another one more standard I am working on, based on
the same gating concept to I would like to try out. *I might look to
also code it up in Zillions, but need to figure out how to do gating.
Fairly soon, I will be getting the IAGO Chess rules up on the variant
site. *I am doing final tweaks.
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Rich,
Click on the box that says "Grand Chess Hex Dame Boards and Sets."
The sets are way out of my price range but they do look nice.
I would caution against an 8x8 variant of the game. Freeling's 10x10
board greatly increases piece maneuverability and alleviates the
staleness that tends to haunt the opening in chess-type games.
What is "gating," by the way? Is that some special method of entering
chess pieces onto the board?
Steve