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Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Tony Paletta wrote on Sun, Sep 28, 2003 09:30 AM UTC:

Got my comment a bit muddled. White (RN,BN) is favored over Black (RB,K) by
the revised rules (each must retain two pieces) -- for essentially the
reasons I gave. 

Upgrading the Black Q to RBN would almost balance the game, but the
maximum promotion to RBN for Black vs RN for White would favor Black. A
Black Q = RBN with promotions limited to R, B or N for both sides would
probably come pretty close to a balanced game.