Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To John Lawson wrote on Sat, Feb 26, 2011 04:59 AM UTC:There is either a post or a comment in an article somewhere on this site where Ralph admits that he mostly designs variants on 64-square boards because, as a US-Master-level FIDE chess player, that was the board he could most easily visualize. This allowed him to do his play-testing in his head, without resorting to physical equipment. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID RalphBetzaSpeaks does not match any item.