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Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
George Duke wrote on Fri, Jan 9, 2015 11:40 PM UTC:
Always look for something like tri-compound (Wazir + Knight + Bishop) in
Gilman first.  http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSconclaveecumen has Primate and Cardinal in the same sentence under Pieces, but does not combine them, Shogi Dragon Horse and Carrera Centaur.  

Then Gilman's 'M&B11 Long-Nosed Generals' has a lot of other Wazir compounds. 

Actually the Dragon slides pretty well back and forth on 8x8 short of the central four, protected by the Pawns.