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Aberg variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
walter montego wrote on Sat, Feb 25, 2006 11:04 PM UTC:
I've been playing a few games of Embassy Chess on BrainKing and have found that castling is something that is to be kept open and not used. Once you castle your opponent is on you unless you've done it to where he can't do much. This free castling would be a whole different kind of deal though. Castling in Embassy Chess is like the other games where the King moves three squares and the Rook is put on the other side. The King is a usefull piece in the center of the board if he's safe. Getting the Rooks out is still a problem, but there's ways to do it if you purposely plan on not castling. Embassy Chess with free castling would almost be like playing Grand Chess on a 10 × 8 board.