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David Paulowich wrote on Thu, Mar 16, 2006 08:38 AM EST:

'In November 1978, as editor of 'Chess Life,' I published a controversial article by GM Pal Benko, entitled 'Pre-Chess: Time for a Change,' and an accompanying article by GM Arthur Bisguier.' [Burt Hochberg, in his two-part internet article THE CHESS OF THE FUTURE] Rules for pre-chess can be found in Sam Trenholme's List of Chess Variants.

I always assumed that some sort of 'Pre-CapaChess' was already being played by chess variant fans, and that I was simply stating the obvious in my Carrera comments. I dislike 'Fischer Random Castling' and chose to go with free castling. Note that (extreme examples of) free castling can look like 'King takes friendly Rook, followed by a Rook drop on the square vacated by the King'. Sad to say, any preset that enforces the normal rules of chess will forbid such an action.


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