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Knavish Chess. Variant using square-board analogues to 6-way hex-board Dabbabas. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Charles Gilman wrote on Fri, Jun 17, 2011 05:51 AM UTC:
Well that depends who gets the best of exchanging a Knave or Debtor for a Pawn. The subvariants hadn't been designed with the smaller board in mind, so assuming that only Pawns can be promoted, losing a severely bound short-range piece might be worth it. The alternative to having some pieces so far forward could be to have a board with concavities, but I have yet to find a satisfactory one.
	I'm still thinking about the diagonal versions, with half the Caribou moves each, but cannot think of names for them yet. I'm also wondering about the pieces Knaverider+Debtor and Debtorider+Knave, as promotees in some kind of Shogi-style game.