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Tree garden chess. Large chess variant on 10 by 10 board with 4 by 4 area missing from the middle. (10x10, Cells: 84) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, May 5, 2003 09:29 AM UTC:

I share the anonymous contributor's reservations on the uncoventional
piece names. Longer leaps make for both weaker and less Kingly pieces, so
giving them names from the nobility - higher ranks than Knight - seems
very odd. In general well-established names are better unless, as in the
case of Dragonking and Dragonhorse, they are positively misleading. Names
should not be taken too literally, or you could argue that Rooks should be
able to fly over the trees in the middle!