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Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

George Duke wrote on Sun, Apr 4, 2004 09:11 PM UTC:

Michael Howe: Larry Smith in 21-3-04 Game Design comment: 'The advantage
in the exchange: No matter the number of the various pieces, a game might
have a significant difference between the weakest and the strongest. This
allows for the potential of advantage in the game, even if the exchanges
are equal. Of course this value would be quite difficult to quantify and
would vary from one game to the next, being dependent upon field and
goal.'
Exchange Gradient now quantifies this, and used for Moves, it closely
predicts game lengths, looking at Courier games and elsewhere.  I
repeatedly called attention to Mark Thompson's article 'Defining
Abstract'(Depth, Clarity, Drama) until someone took note. Now I call
attention to Smith's Exchange Gradient as useful predictor. Here
Capablanca's Chess should show longer games systematically than Orthodox,
its low EG not overcoming higher board size.