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Wives Versus Guards. FIDE setup with additional pieces to offset white's first move advantage - two ferzes + two wazirs against two guards.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jeremy Good wrote on Thu, May 11, 2006 01:00 PM UTC:
Eric and I would be interested in getting any feedback on the concept behind this game and whether it might make for good chess combat.

Joe Joyce wrote on Thu, May 11, 2006 07:25 PM UTC:
Interesting setups. One thing I noticed playing David Paulowich: 8x8 games with high piece densities get very intense very quickly. (Especially against David.) Did you zillions them? The regular version looks like a problem setup: who wins the opening? The hidden version looks like people could find some interesting play in the opening.

Jeremy Good wrote on Thu, May 11, 2006 07:30 PM UTC:
Haven't zillionsed it yet. Good idea. Should do that.

 Good point about the first one. I know Eric is very distrustful of it and
our assumption is that White may very well be able to gain a quick winning
position by playing the opening accurately. 

The impression I'm getting about the second one - hidden - is that it is
'cozy' because the guards, wazirs and ferzes protect points that are
traditionally weak in FIDE.

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