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Vincent wrote on Sun, Sep 8, 2002 08:17 PM UTC:

Mike Nelson said: 'I must disagree with Vincent about Grand Chess.  While
in the technical sense it is a variation of Capablanca's Chess because it
uses the Capablanca pieces, it is a very different game.'

 Grand Chess is played on a 10x10 board, as Capablanca's Chess originally
was, but, like the later editions of Capa's Chess, the armies in Grand
Chess are spaced one from another the same distance as they are in
orthodox chess. Also, as Mike pointed out, the two new pieces in Grand
Chess are exactly the same as the two new pieces in Capablanca's Chess. It
is for these reasons that I do not see Grand Chess as being all that
different from Capa's Chess...

 Glenn Overby said: 'It should perhaps be clarified that 100 squares was
not a magic threshold which Grand met and Omega did not.  Anything over 64
squares was classed
as large, anything under 64 as small, and the final list reflected 2 small
to 4 standard to 1 large.'

 This raises another question in my mind. Grand Chess is played on a 10x10
board, and Gothic Chess is played on a 10x8 board. So, if you prefer
smaller boards, why chose the variant of Capa's Chess that has 100 squares
and not the variant that has 80 squares?