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Victorian Chess. Play Victorian Chess on Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Tue, Nov 12, 2019 10:41 AM UTC:BelowAverage ★★

It seems awful to have the Queen (a non-jumping piece) starting trapped in the corner; you now cannot develop it without breaking the Pawn shield, so j-side castling becomes very unattractive. Two-step castling sucks anyway, on 10-wide boards.