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Falcon King Chess. A shortrange variant on an 8x8 board featuring a pair of royal Falcons.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Joe Joyce wrote on Sat, Sep 15, 2007 08:18 PM UTC:
The following comment by George Duke was copied in its entirety from its original posting in a different thread:
2007-09-14	George Duke Verified as George Duke	None	
Your welcome to use Falcon there staying on 8x8, as seem to be eager. [I see the 8x8 Short Chess Preset, which may be provisional and not appear later]

I wouldn't characterize myself as eager to use the Falcon. I am respectful and interested. Your Falcon piece/variant is a really nice shortrange idea that I doubt I would have come up with. Certainly not in the near future. My thinking and design have gone in different directions, and the Falcon is far from an obvious piece other than in hindsight. I enjoy design, and I enjoy good pieces. I hope people enjoy what is offered here. 

On the issue of whether a game needs to be played to evaluate it or not, I would be interested to hear from all those who wish to comment on how Falcon King will play without playtesting it. I think it will play nicely [otherwise I would not have posted it], but there is a possibility that I have managed to bring the 'slippery king' problem of 3D, 4D, and higher dimensional chess to the 2D board by making a pair of twisty royal pieces that move 3 squares. I invite comment, pro and con, on this.