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Courier Chess Moderno. A modern variant of the historical variant Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Dec 29, 2008 03:40 PM UTC:
On an 8x8 board KWFFK (W=Wazir=Sleich, F=Ferz=Queen)is generally won, both with like and unlike Ferzes. It is hard to believe tht 12x8 would be different. (It is usually the narrowest dimension that counts.) KMK (M=Man) is totally won on any Nx8 board, and a pack of two unlike F plus a W seems much stronger than a Man. KFF already are pretty efficient driving a bare King into a corner. The problem is that the mate positions are not reachable due to stalemate