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Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
George Duke wrote on Fri, Mar 11, 2005 07:00 PM UTC:
'JKL,LargeCV': First comment for Janus Chess, which maybe first proposes Janus(B+N) paired on 8x10, a reasonable idea quarter century ago. CVPage 2004 Archbishop Chess copies the piece-mix and shifts Janus(Cardinal) to d & g. Cardinal is marginally more logical than Marshall(R+N); both compounds go back to 17th-century Carrera's.

Derek Nalls wrote on Thu, Jun 1, 2006 02:59 AM UTC:
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Dan Kelly wrote on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 03:29 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Would anyone like to play a game of Jannus Chess with me on here? Please let me know! Thanks!

Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Tue, Sep 19, 2006 02:41 AM UTC:
you just have to become a member, then you put up an invitation, see here
http://play.chessvariants.org/pbmlogs/index.php
anything with 'open' in 'next move for' column is a game that someone
is wanting an opponent.

Gary Gifford wrote on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 05:28 PM UTC:
I believe that the Janus pre-set has the Kings and Queens reversed.  Although the reversal looks natural, the rules state: '... the king is at the left of the queen, so the queen still starts at a square of her own color.'  I do not think it matters much for the tournament... However, for a serious Janus player who would be familiar with openings it could be an issue.  I know that I would not like to play Fide Chess with Kings and Queens reversed.

Gary Gifford wrote on Wed, Feb 6, 2008 10:07 PM UTC:
Since the pre-set for Janus Chess has Kings and Queens reversed from that in the rules, I wanted to point out that castling long and short are now reversed. But, to castle Kingside with the current pre-set, the Kings would go to 'i' and the rooks to 'h'... to castle Queenside the Kings would go to 'b' and the Rooks to 'c'... At least that is what I think.

H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Oct 15, 2008 06:30 PM UTC:
Standard Staunton-style piece set for this game:


Kevin Pacey wrote on Tue, Dec 19, 2017 06:26 AM UTC:

In case the promotion rules for Janus Chess aren't clear, note that at least Fergus' preset for Janus Chess allows for promotion to a Janus piece.


Kevin Pacey wrote on Thu, Mar 1, 2018 08:26 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I like that the pieces, including the Januses, can hope to usually develop smoothly in this variant, nice for a 10x8 board.


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