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Fianchetto Chess. Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jeremy Good wrote on Mon, Apr 3, 2006 04:58 PM UTC:
Does it make any sense to have no castling in this variant? Castling doesn't just serve the purpose of getting the rooks out of the corners. It helps get the King out of the center of the board.

Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Tue, Apr 4, 2006 01:05 AM UTC:
rooks are not in the corner.
i think it always makes sense for no castling, makes exciting chess.

Jeremy Good wrote on Tue, Apr 4, 2006 05:21 AM UTC:
Best not to play this variant then, Christine, or Bond James Bond may wish
to have a word with you.

http://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/oomost-chess.html

Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Wed, Apr 5, 2006 01:31 AM UTC:
bond james bond?
he he :)

Adrian Alvarez de la Campa wrote on Thu, Apr 6, 2006 06:11 AM UTC:
Fianchetto Chess was the unlikely inspiration for my Swapmate Chess, in which you can go from FIDE to Fianchetto in only four moves.

George Duke wrote on Sat, Dec 5, 2009 08:57 PM UTC:
GM Lasker proposed and played a little in the teens of the 20th Century switching the Bishop and Knight. No one did the Bishop and Rook.

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