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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]

Claudio Martins Jaguaribe wrote on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 07:34 PM UTC:

I believe in an intermediate position...

The Queen movement is corolary to th Rook and Bishop movements, just look to a board. But it still have a aesthetic beauty. After all they are straight lines in a checkered board.

I don't think that the Knight have a beautiful movement, to me is rather weird and kind of cheating the leap and his bent path. That's why the Chancellor, the Archbishop and tha Amazon don't come to mind so easy.

The real intuitive chess would have no Knights, perhaps 2 more Bishops, and MAYBE another Queen. No pawns but short range pieces, like Wazir, Ferz and man (a kind of Alapo).

So, both of you are kind of right and wrong.