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Jeremy Good wrote on Thu, Jan 8, 2015 06:07 PM UTC:
Good idea, George.

Re: CDA for 8 x 10, here's one attempt, an off-the-cuff one, pairing an unnamed CDA against Derek Nalls' Carrera contribution where pawn protection is maximized in the opening setup.

Optimized Chess I vs. CDA

Btw, one reason why Waffles are so popular in CDAs is because they are fun to play with and they just feel really good as knight substitutes. Though I too strive for orginality, it's not a "no no" per se to use the same pieces in different CDAs. Ralph Betza did it a lot.

Where I have my yet undefined "st-queen" substituted for the queen piece (can go to all the same squares as a queen via different routes), I might actually like to put a more thematic BNW (cardinal-wazir) but I'm not sure if there is such a thing yet on the Alfaerie - Many set. I may need to create one and get it uploaded. Do you know of such a piece? I've been looking for ways to modify the cardinal to make it equal to the queen on an 8 x 8 board and this way occurred to me this morning.

My most questionable substitute might be the gryphon for the marshall but I think what the marshall loses in the expanded board, the gryphon gains.

Now here's another challenge, George: Create a CDA for 8 x 10 that utilizes the Dragon, Scorpion and Falcon. This time our Dragon shall breathe a little easier.


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