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Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
George Duke wrote on Tue, Sep 20, 2011 05:40 PM UTC:
Rococo is win by capture and implied is necessary inability to move as loss, that ought to be added in perfect rules write-up.  For example, down to King versus King and Immobilizer loses for the White King usually before the capture.  Both Mike Nelson and I find Immobilizer the strongest p-t, http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=5219 and http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=5128. (Mine was immediate response to Robert Abbott who invented the sister cv 50 years ago this fall, http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=5123.) In the way-out universe of cvs Immobilizer has the single highest value among all quite strong piece-types, yet I. can capture nobody. Immobilizer never really delivers the mate only ultimately assists.