25 Nov 09
Originally posted by heinzkatIt seemed that the distribution of Bishops varied. You had 4 Rooks and 1 Queen. I believe there were 3 bishops and 4 knights, but I am foggy on that one. The centermost pawns were on the 3rd rank to start. This was close to 2 years ago, so my memory is foggy. So I may well me mistaken.
The individual Knights seem terribly useless indeed. Perhaps it'd be a good idea to set them up as some sort of cavalry block, all covering each other's backs. How many Queens/Rooks/Bishops/Knights are there in the initial position?
25 Nov 09
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Originally posted by heinzkatLet me see if I can log in and get a baord set up addy. 🙂
There are five White Knights on the board, and I don't think a pawn promoted😉
I'm an old man and forgot much. 🙂
6 Knights 4 bishops 4 rooks
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25 Nov 09
Originally posted by Ice ColdI don't know, I've never tried playing this, but control of the centre and so on looks less important since it's simply so far away. I'd try to set up a block of bishops aiming at one set of flank pawns and then start a pawn storm, of a rather slow nature, on the flank I'm hitting. The knights would then try to stay near the pawn chain to firm up the structure. Since it's such a short ranged piece the knights look like they gain a defending edge as an opponent isn't going to want to swap bishops for them to remove outposts.
What I found interesting about this variant, is the relative values of the pieces are different. A knight is far inferrior to a bishop due to the larger playing field, the B being much more mobile.
27 Nov 09
Originally posted by National Master DaleI don't know how this could be unclear.
http://www.ficgs.com/game_1.html
Black's rook is going to be traded for a bishop. White's queen is in better attacking position than Black's. White's pawns and knights are in a better defensive set up than Black's.