H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Jun 7, 2020 09:24 AM UTC:
Well, it delays their development one move, as they can use their F step to move to first rank. Disconnecting the Rooks in the process...
What is the use of giving the Rooks a free rank if you cannot castle with them anyway? Rooks have to move to (half-)open files, and it will take you quite some time before any such file arises, with not only a full rank of Pawns in front of them, but also a rank filled with pieces. By the time a better place to put a Rook emerges, the Wizards and Champions would hardly ever be in the first two ranks or on the brouhaha squares, no matter where you start them.
Well, it delays their development one move, as they can use their F step to move to first rank. Disconnecting the Rooks in the process...
What is the use of giving the Rooks a free rank if you cannot castle with them anyway? Rooks have to move to (half-)open files, and it will take you quite some time before any such file arises, with not only a full rank of Pawns in front of them, but also a rank filled with pieces. By the time a better place to put a Rook emerges, the Wizards and Champions would hardly ever be in the first two ranks or on the brouhaha squares, no matter where you start them.