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Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. Also called Baroque. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Tue, Feb 17, 2004 12:43 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

Michael, I think the Leo is a good idea, but it is the need of diminish a
little its power in this game. Unfortunatelly, Leo can conduct many stages
of the openings with attack of pieces and checkmate threats, with an
initial advantage for White. On possibility is that it moves like Queen,
but limiting its action: it need an ADJACENT intervening piece for attack
the next positions. I´ll try both of them in the next days. As it can be
easely noted when you try the variant, FIDE-Queen is very powerful in
Ultima, surprisingly it looks much more powerful here than in FIDE-Chess,
and it is certainly more powerful than the Long-Leaper. Advancer is a
little weaker, but LEO would be at least as powerful than the Queen.

Peter: I have dowloaded the Rococo variants. I have not tried it yet, but
I have the intuitive idea that the Archer is great for this game, but I
have serious doubts about the Bird. Other thing: I have my own Gallactic
Graphics and board for Rococo. I´ll send a copy to David and you, although
Alfaerie are very nice too.