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Seirawan ChessA game information page . invented by GM Yasser Seirawan, a conservative drop chess (zrf available).[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Rich Hutnik wrote on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 09:14 PM UTC:
M Winther, how many Seirawan Chess games have you seen actually played?  I find with IAGO Chess, which is like Seirawan Chess, the Bishops don't disappear too fast.  Not sure why you argue that the do disappear too fast with Seirawan.  A bishop fianchetto is just one of the types of opens you can do.  I don't see why bishops are diminished that much personally.

In IAGO Chess, the game, you can also drop a Cap piece besides gating it in.    It is also not part of castling, and there is less of a rush to get the Cap pieces in.  Maybe that makes for a difference.  If you don't gate in a piece in Seirawan Chess, you may not be able to get it into the game.