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Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
John Smith wrote on Mon, Sep 7, 2009 06:09 PM UTC:
I don't think the Queen was invented on the basis of Rook+Bishop. Rather, it was probably invented as the most obvious powerful and aesthetic piece pairing with the King.