Rich Hutnik wrote on Tue, Jun 17, 2008 01:56 AM UTC:
Jianying Ji,
I also find castling fiddly, but also see if you don't have it, protecting the king and mobilizing the rook is shorted.
I do believe the 8x7 board (Simplified Chess Board) does provide solid merit though, considering that Henry VIII Chess also uses it. I also have Simpleton's Chess, which is like Henry VIII but simplier also uses it.