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Doublewide Chess. A discussion of the variant where two complete chess sets (including two Kings per side) are set up on a doublewide board. (16x8, Cells: 128) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

John Lawson wrote on Sun, Jun 8, 2003 05:02 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I have to try this game!  A couple of observations, based on logic alone:

Castling your Kings toward the center might allow the defense, in some
situations, to use alternation ('inside lines') to good effect, thus
freeing more forces for a counterattack.  All the better if this strategy
were unanticipated.

Regarding different armies, each player could use the same pair of armies,
but there is the choice of like opposite like, or like opposite unlike. 
That could become interesting if the two armies were of very different
strengths on a 16x8 board, and like was not opposite like.