Check out Makruk (Thai Chess), our featured variant for March, 2025.


[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ]
[ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ]
[ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]

Single Comment

First move advantage in Western Chess - why does it exist?[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Joe Joyce wrote on Sun, Aug 26, 2012 08:21 PM EDT:
Mats, I freely admit I prefer games with absolutely equal chances, but they
aren't the only kind I try to design. To me, perfect balance is an ideal
which cannot always be achieved. But to deliberately design a game where
the chances for white are set as high as +30% is not something I would set
out to do. 

Like Jeremy, I would ask you if chess variants must have a 1st turn ad, or
for you specifically, Mats, is a 1st turn ad a necessity for a good chess
variant?