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Mr. Anonymous wrote on Tue, Aug 2, 2011 12:51 PM UTC:
Let's keep this more or less anonymous for now - it's only fair.

I will disagree with the previous poster. I've played Eurasian Chess a
couple times now, and I find it to be an excellent game. In reference to
your specific comment about the number of pawns, well, what are the
purposes of a pawn? This game is played with all the standard Western
pieces. Without the twin pawn barriers between the pieces, the game would
most likely devolve into an early shoot-out. I would expect this to give
White a major advantage with the first move. 

I have a question: what pawns would you remove? Gotta leave the rook pawns.
Just taking 2 pawns out, say the knight pawns, hardly seems worth it. If
you want 2 modest variants, try Six Pawn Chess. One variant removes the
knights' pawns and the other the bishops' pawns. And here's another
question: what do the first 10 moves look like? In Eurasian or 6-pawn?
Wouldn't the major pieces, especially rooks, slide through those holes?
We'll ignore the queen rampages, because they happen anyway. The 'Mad
Queen' has earned its name. Everyone remembers what queens did when we
were just learning the game. Knights messed us over badly, but queens
ruled. Why would removing pawns from Eurasian or regular chess produce a
game any different from the bloodbaths we all experienced back when?

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