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Nicholas Wolff wrote on Tue, Nov 17, 2009 01:37 AM UTC:
Hey Charles,

I am actually in the process of trying to make presets for your 12# variants.  I was a little confused on some of the pieces (I think some images represented different pieces as the different variants were listed).  I have made a list of what variants you listed and what I believe to be the opening setup of the armies.  Could you please look over what I have written and correct the inefficiencies?  Thank you.

-Nick

12# COURIER        12# EURASIAN     12# WILDEURASIAN QI      
---                ---              ---                                  
RBKQBR             RCQKCR           RCWTCR                               
NAFFAN             NOBBON           BOQKOB                          
PPPPPP             PPPPPP            MNNM                   


12# TIMUR           12# MITREGI 108    12# WILDEBEEST
---                 ---                ---
AMDDMA              LEXKEL             RBQKBR
RIGKIR               RBBR              MNWWNM 
NFWWFN              HYVVYH             PPPPPP

     
12# RUTLAND       12# SHOXIANG      12# COMPOUND A      
---               ---               ---                 
RJQKZR            LRKBRL            RUQKZR              
NBBBBN            VCXXCV            N BB N              
PPPPPP            YNSSNY            PPPPPP              


12# COMPOUND B
---
RZQKZR
NBUUBN
PPPPPP


A= ALFIL
B= BISHOP
C= CANNON (CHINESE)
D= DABABA
E= MITRE (BISHOP -ONLY FORWARD)
F= FERZ
G= GIRAFFE
H= HUMP (CAMEL -ONLY FORWARD)
I= PICKET
J= CROWNED ROOK (ROOK + FERZ)
K= KING
L= LANCE
M= CAMEL
N= KNIGHT
O= ARROW (VAO)
P= PAWN
Q= QUEEN
R= ROOK
S= STEPPING ELEPHANT
T= TANK (CANNON + VAO)
U= CARDINAL
V= SILVER GENERAL
W= WILDEBEEST
X= GOLD GENERAL
Y= HELM (SHOGI KNIGHT)
Z= MARSHALL

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