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Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jörg Knappen wrote on Thu, Sep 29, 2011 05:02 PM UTC:
Well, I have to disagree with the previous comment from George Duke: In fact, the rule that a pawn can promote to *any* piece in the starting setup including the opponents' pieces is essential. Otherwise, the Colorbound Clobberers with their light queen (being the Knight-Bishop compound) fall back against the other armies. Even small differences in the value of the pawns are multiplied by the fact that there are 8 of them. Giving the pawns different promotions enters the land of---slightly, but feelable---different pawns.