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Let a thousand flowers bloom and hundred schools of thought contend.
Post-your-own cvs are helpful not least because of serendipity. For
example, new cv Diagonal Oblong Chess of December 2010 brings over
technique ''guarding the queen'' into falcon chess 8x10 standard chess
as of January 2011.  Serendipity: once I finally took notice, it should be
there to stay, and some other designer may try guarding the queen on par
with castling.  The fact no one can keep up with the evolving cv-art is no
cause for alarm, but just a new case for more critics. In any field of art
-- cinema, the paint, sculpture -- surely critics stay pace with artists 1:100, not
the variant chess community's 1:1000.  Now so few, critics take it on the
chin.  Serendipity: Gilman's Crooked Board Chess' focus on difficulty
traversing a 4x4 central portion prompts the following.  In isolated 2x2
Knight cannot move.  In 3x3 Knight cannot reach the center.  In 4x4 from
perimeter, Falcon never reaches the central four.  In 5x5 Falcon cannot
reach one square.  On all sizes, Bishop reaches either 1/2 the squares, or
else [N/2 +/- 1/2].