Kevin Pacey wrote on Wed, Jan 4, 2023 11:27 AM UTC:
My latest games (with Play Tester) have me wondering if the setup position has a flaw. My opponent seemed to demonstrate how to use his Cannon(s) very effectively at move one with White. He played his Cannon to j7 (cannon to a7 might also be at the least annoying), i.e. two squares in front of my Black Cannon on the same file, when a coming lateral movement by the White cannon to some square(s) somewhere or other cannot be stopped since the Black Cavaliers move like Chinese Chess Kts (i.e. a bit lame).
This might at the least make Black try to beg for a draw by repetition, by moving a Cannon along his second rank in response. In any case, I have yet to think of a way to gracefully cope with White's apparently primitive first move(s) of his Cannon(s).
My latest games (with Play Tester) have me wondering if the setup position has a flaw. My opponent seemed to demonstrate how to use his Cannon(s) very effectively at move one with White. He played his Cannon to j7 (cannon to a7 might also be at the least annoying), i.e. two squares in front of my Black Cannon on the same file, when a coming lateral movement by the White cannon to some square(s) somewhere or other cannot be stopped since the Black Cavaliers move like Chinese Chess Kts (i.e. a bit lame).
This might at the least make Black try to beg for a draw by repetition, by moving a Cannon along his second rank in response. In any case, I have yet to think of a way to gracefully cope with White's apparently primitive first move(s) of his Cannon(s).