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Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
David Paulowich wrote on Thu, Feb 24, 2005 06:34 PM UTC:
'The champion has the combined moves of rook and knight. The centaur has the combined moves of bishop and knight.' - D. Pietro Carrera, 1617 <p>So the earliest variant gives the name Centaur to the other piece! Also, many people here follow Adrian King in calling the man-horse piece (K+N) a Centaur.