Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Gary Gifford wrote on Wed, Apr 16, 2008 02:55 AM UTC:Several of us at CV, myself included, came to believe that it was harder to avoid a draw in Shatranj than it was to avoid a draw in chess due to that lack of fire power. I believe that was one of the reasons Joe Joyce created Modern Shatranj with more fire power than the original, that is, so it would be less drawish. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Draws does not match any item.