I have been thinking about "Shatranj Style" variants where Pawns promote to Rooks (and only Rooks). Perhaps this would increase the number of decisive endgames. Promotion to a "brand new piece" in this game is acceptable to me, considering I already have appropriate chess pieces lying around my house. Rather than bore you with a thousand words, I will finish this comment with a picture:
Equalized Shatranj with Knights
In short, I removed eight pieces to the left of the White King and added a pair of Knights. Love those Knights, hate Wazirs. This "crooked pawn structure" was featured in several of my games on this site. Also, my [Mar 1, 2007] Comment on Makrochess has some relevance here.
I have been thinking about "Shatranj Style" variants where Pawns promote to Rooks (and only Rooks). Perhaps this would increase the number of decisive endgames. Promotion to a "brand new piece" in this game is acceptable to me, considering I already have appropriate chess pieces lying around my house. Rather than bore you with a thousand words, I will finish this comment with a picture:
Equalized Shatranj with Knights
In short, I removed eight pieces to the left of the White King and added a pair of Knights. Love those Knights, hate Wazirs. This "crooked pawn structure" was featured in several of my games on this site. Also, my [Mar 1, 2007] Comment on Makrochess has some relevance here.