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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 Mon, Apr 21, 2008 08:08 AM UTC:

Oh, sorry, I mis-read. Kaufman does have Q and C unusually high, not at
900-950, like most of us. So his difference C-A is actually 150 cP, not
50cP.

So let me correct my earlier statement: Yes, then I would consider Larry
Kaufman's Archbishop value way too low. No idea what made him decide on
these values, and as they appear to be very wrong, not very interesting to
figure it out by doing any 'homework' on it.

But in stead of this fruitless discussion, let us try a more entertaining
approach. You seem convinced that A-C > 200cP (correct me if I am wrong).
So the position 
rnabqkbanr/pppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPP/R1CBQKBCNR w KQkq - 0 1
(imbalance 2A+N vs 2C) should be biased in favor of the Chancellors. So
you should have little trouble winning it, when playing white.

So how about a 10-game free-style match, playing from this position? I
would use Joker, playing it at 1 hour per move on a 1.3GHz Pentium M. You
could play yourself, or consult any Chess program you like, to decide on
your moves. We could do this in the Gothic Chess blog, so that people can
follow the match in public.

Are you up to such a challange?