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Seirawan ChessA game information page . invented by GM Yasser Seirawan, a conservative drop chess (zrf available).[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Rich Hutnik wrote on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 01:52 AM UTC:
IAGO Chess (the game) doesn't forbid pieces entering anywhere, because entrance of pieces can be delayed.  When Zillions ran it, it would sometimes delay until the end game.  When you enter pieces in early, you lose the ability to enter them later, as needed.  Your concerns about bishop fianchetto, I can see as something that you may give up as a result of gating.  It is not a big deal to myself personally.  

As for losing the bishops, I don't see it at all.  Maybe the way Zillions worked with yourself it happened, but how does one go down BOTH bishops when only ONE of the Cap pieces has the bishop movement.  Even in games where I allow players to put down a Hawk (Cardinal), Elephant (Marshal) or Queen in the start space, instead of just the Queen in IAGO Chess (C-Class), it didn't seem a problem at all.