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Joe Joyce wrote on Sun, Nov 15, 2009 04:29 AM EST:
Hi, Fergus. In Great Shatranj, I very strongly favor not using the rook, as
using rooks changes the entire flow and play of the game. The rook is a
very powerful piece in this game, as the only long range piece. And while
the rook may not be the most powerful piece, the DW ['dababba'] is
certainly the weakest, although it maintains the crucial quality of mating
with the king.

As for the standard Capa variants, I don't have a preference.