💡📝Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Jun 19, 2011 07:01 AM UTC:
My latest idea avoids concavities by rotating the reduction to be by two files rather than ranks, giving more normal King and Pawn ranks with FIDE rules for double-step moves. This involves having all Debtors start on the back rank, as they are not rankbound in the way that Knaves are. I notice that the 100-square variant has two more Pawns than FIDE Chess, and as reducing files instead of ranks removes trhese I have retained the two Carpenters.
If the Queen and Carpenters still make the army too strong for an 80-square board, I could substitute a Wazir and Ferzes, giving a Courier flavour but making Queenside Castling slightly harder. Promotion would still however be to Queen or Carpenter.
If the Queen and Carpenters still make the army too strong for an 80-square board, I could substitute a Wazir and Ferzes, giving a Courier flavour but making Queenside Castling slightly harder. Promotion would still however be to Queen or Carpenter.