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Baseline chess with Fischer rules. Start with dropping major pieces on baseline, a variant that uses rules from Fischer Random Chess but is not random. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Ken, it doesn't prove anything that they placed their bishops in the corners in those rapid games. It was probably only out of curiosity or convenience. One should have as few restrictions as possible. If there is no real reason to prohibit placing the bishops in the corners, then it should be allowed. Don't rush to conclusion. Use any chess program to set up a position where one party has the bishops at the corners, and the other party has his bishops on the bishop files. Then you let the program play against itself in several games. From this you can judge whether it's too advantageous to place the bishops in the corners. I suspect it has both pros and cons, so it should be no problem. /Mats