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Kristensen's Game. A conscious attempt to restructure Chess from 1948. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Anonymous wrote on Tue, Aug 3, 2004 04:45 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Ejnar Kristenson has good solutions for really tough problems: He has
created a chessvariant with an odd number of files which keeps the
balance between white and black. Specially, the center square is hard to
possess thanks to the innovation of the barrier pawn.

The enhanced bishop has the can-mate property and is an interesting piece
by itself. 

I also love the special rules discouraging the anomalous endings of a
chess game and the rule forbidding to resign: If you have found a nice
combination, you can enjoy the checkmate and your joy isn't spoiled by
the resignation of your opponent.  A chess variant for REAL CHESS
PLAYERS.

--J'org Knappen