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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]
Derek Nalls wrote on Sun, Apr 5, 2015 03:08 PM UTC:
Making it possible for the king to be captured as a game-winning condition is significantly simpler than numerous check & checkmate rules.  In effect, it ends the game once move sooner.  Also, making the royal piece incapable of movement would render a game similar to Chess much less drawish.