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Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

David Paulowich wrote on Tue, Sep 21, 2004 08:09 PM UTC:

My favorite opening setup in 'Carrera Random Chess' is: CRNBAKBNRQ. To be frank, I prefer it to any variant with rooks in the corners invented in the last four hundred years. Might put a strain on the royal marriage, but we do not have to worry about that kind of symbolism here. <p>How do we deal with a computer program that insists on a single piece drop by each player per move? Suppose, in a game that resulted in CRNBAKBNRQ, White started by placing the knights and Black replied by placing the rooks. Start recording the game as follows: 1. Nc1 Nc8 2. Nh1 Ri8 3. Ri1 Rb8 4. Rb1 Nh8. Black has simply delayed the required second knight drop until both rooks have been placed, thus creating the illusion of alternating single moves. Problem solved.