Gary Gifford wrote on Fri, Mar 21, 2008 04:40 PM UTC:
Richard's comments regarding the Chancellor and Archbishop (and hopefully an Amazon) are well-founded. In playing with them on an 8x8 board we introduce a lot of power in a relatively small arena. However, both players will have the same pros and cons, though White's initiative could be expected to go up (but to what extent?). One idea is to have a variation that introduces only one of the above mentioned pieces in a game. Thus, the possibilities of (a) IAGO 8x8 Chancellor Gating, (b) IAGO 8x8 Archbishop Gating, (c) IAGO 8x8 Amazon Gating. Another way to keep power distribution reasonable is Substitution, i.e, remove the Queens and replace with Chancellor, Archbishp, or Amazon.
There are many possibilities... but the idea of having lots of physical pieces to set up CVs seems fantastic to me. I look forward to the day when we could acquire USCF size Ferz, Wazir, Elephants, War Towers (Dabbadahs (sp?)) etc.
An IAGO system 10x10 board and piece set is also something that I look forward to seeing.
There are many possibilities... but the idea of having lots of physical pieces to set up CVs seems fantastic to me. I look forward to the day when we could acquire USCF size Ferz, Wazir, Elephants, War Towers (Dabbadahs (sp?)) etc.
An IAGO system 10x10 board and piece set is also something that I look forward to seeing.