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Old April 6th 08, 05:22 PM posted to rec.games.chess.misc
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Default Innovations In Chess

On Mar 31, 9:35 am, David Richerby
wrote:
RookHouse wrote:
The REAL inventor of the Gothic Chess piece, the "Chancellor".


http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=164


Well, I sincerely hope that the inventors of Gothic Chess don't go
around claiming that they invented the piece. Gothic Chess is just
Capablanca chess with a different initial position.


But their initial position, with the Queen off to one side, is a
rather strange one, although they claim it balances the board. If you
swapped the Chancellor and the Archbishop, one could almost make that
claim.

John Savard
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