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Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Peter Aronson wrote on Fri, Mar 11, 2005 06:00 AM UTC:
I always thought that Ralph preferred that both sides not use the same
army, which would make the NN vs NN case moot.  But even if you do allow
duplicate armies, promotion to Colonel might make for a slower end-game,
but not necessarily an undecisive one.