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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]

💡Vitya Makov wrote on Mon, Sep 7, 2009 08:31 PM UTC:

'Rather, it was probably invented as the most obvious powerful and aesthetic piece' 

Very abstract for analyze of game invention! What is aesthetic piece? Are knights aesthetic?
Why then Queen not Chancellor or Cardinal (or Amazon)?

In my opinion (I'm not author of the post), 'Queen was invented on the basis of Rook+Bishop' not as independent idea. Because all inventions have basis concrete. I'm inventor (a little) and know basis of my ideas (this basis is not abstract).
Also basis of CWDA was ancient simple pieces (dabbaba, knight) and it's mixing, etc.
I think that ancient people had same logic like Betza.