'In November 1978, as editor of 'Chess Life,' I published a controversial article by GM Pal Benko, entitled 'Pre-Chess: Time for a Change,' and an accompanying article by GM Arthur Bisguier.' [Burt Hochberg, in his two-part internet article THE CHESS OF THE FUTURE] Rules for pre-chess can be found in Sam Trenholme's List of Chess Variants.
I always assumed that some sort of 'Pre-CapaChess' was already being played by chess variant fans, and that I was simply stating the obvious in my Carrera comments. I dislike 'Fischer Random Castling' and chose to go with free castling. Note that (extreme examples of) free castling can look like 'King takes friendly Rook, followed by a Rook drop on the square vacated by the King'. Sad to say, any preset that enforces the normal rules of chess will forbid such an action.
'In November 1978, as editor of 'Chess Life,' I published a controversial article by GM Pal Benko, entitled 'Pre-Chess: Time for a Change,' and an accompanying article by GM Arthur Bisguier.' [Burt Hochberg, in his two-part internet article THE CHESS OF THE FUTURE] Rules for pre-chess can be found in Sam Trenholme's List of Chess Variants.
I always assumed that some sort of 'Pre-CapaChess' was already being played by chess variant fans, and that I was simply stating the obvious in my Carrera comments. I dislike 'Fischer Random Castling' and chose to go with free castling. Note that (extreme examples of) free castling can look like 'King takes friendly Rook, followed by a Rook drop on the square vacated by the King'. Sad to say, any preset that enforces the normal rules of chess will forbid such an action.