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Aberg variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

H.G.Muller wrote on Sun, Apr 20, 2008 06:10 PM UTC:

BTW, Derek, the remark in your monologue that a side lacking 8 Pawns would
have difficulty winning against one lacking a Queen also qualifies for the
joke-of-th-year awards! So you didn't bother to try that either, eh? It
was just some thought that popped up in your mind, and therefore must be
true? Man, the Pawns are toast. At 40/10' they lost 10-0, at 40/2' they
lost 9.5-0.5, because the Queen side went for a very early perpetual,
because it was overly afraid for the 8 connected passers, and it takes
some time for it to realize how won his position is.

Yes, I know, 40 moves in 2 min is like blowing a fan over the board, And
indeed it lookes much like a hurricane. Except that the fan seems to know
very well in which direction to blow! Can you show me any game at al where
the Pawns win? Could you beat Joker without Queen if Joker played without
Pawn and 1 min for the entire game, if you had unlimited thinking time?