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Scirocco (old). On ten by ten board with over thirty different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Derek Nalls wrote on Thu, Dec 8, 2005 08:54 PM UTC:
'Adrian King tried to cure all the ills of chess in one ambitious
variant.
While this attempt was doomed to fail, it is worth studying carefully.'

I cannot understand such extreme pessimism.

Why do you automatically believe all possible solutions to a problem are
'doomed to fail'?