Jeremy Good wrote on Thu, Jan 8, 2015 06:07 PM UTC:
Good idea, George.
Re: CDA for 8 x 10, here's one attempt, an off-the-cuff one, pairing an unnamed CDA against Derek Nalls' Carrera contribution where pawn protection is maximized in the opening setup.
Btw, one reason why Waffles are so popular in CDAs is because they are fun to play with and they just feel really good as knight substitutes. Though I too strive for orginality, it's not a "no no" per se to use the same pieces in different CDAs. Ralph Betza did it a lot.
Where I have my yet undefined "st-queen" substituted for the queen piece (can go to all the same squares as a queen via different routes), I might actually like to put a more thematic BNW (cardinal-wazir) but I'm not sure if there is such a thing yet on the Alfaerie - Many set. I may need to create one and get it uploaded. Do you know of such a piece? I've been looking for ways to modify the cardinal to make it equal to the queen on an 8 x 8 board and this way occurred to me this morning.
My most questionable substitute might be the gryphon for the marshall but I think what the marshall loses in the expanded board, the gryphon gains.
Now here's another challenge, George: Create a CDA for 8 x 10 that utilizes the Dragon, Scorpion and Falcon. This time our Dragon shall breathe a little easier.
Re: CDA for 8 x 10, here's one attempt, an off-the-cuff one, pairing an unnamed CDA against Derek Nalls' Carrera contribution where pawn protection is maximized in the opening setup.
Optimized Chess I vs. CDA
Btw, one reason why Waffles are so popular in CDAs is because they are fun to play with and they just feel really good as knight substitutes. Though I too strive for orginality, it's not a "no no" per se to use the same pieces in different CDAs. Ralph Betza did it a lot.
Where I have my yet undefined "st-queen" substituted for the queen piece (can go to all the same squares as a queen via different routes), I might actually like to put a more thematic BNW (cardinal-wazir) but I'm not sure if there is such a thing yet on the Alfaerie - Many set. I may need to create one and get it uploaded. Do you know of such a piece? I've been looking for ways to modify the cardinal to make it equal to the queen on an 8 x 8 board and this way occurred to me this morning.
My most questionable substitute might be the gryphon for the marshall but I think what the marshall loses in the expanded board, the gryphon gains.
Now here's another challenge, George: Create a CDA for 8 x 10 that utilizes the Dragon, Scorpion and Falcon. This time our Dragon shall breathe a little easier.