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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]
George Duke wrote on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 08:24 PM UTC:
Revision. Cyclic Advantage Army, Pawns only. ROQ, ROCK Armies are the three-fold. Quadra-Pawn army > Rococo army > Ortho-pawn army > Quadra-pawn army...ad infinitum.  What was not noticed, Centennial's two-step for Quadra-pawn has to be eliminated, getting back to normal, since Quadra-pawn is not original with Centennial anyway.  Arrays have to be those 1- and 8-ranked described, promotion to Queen virtually wins, but one more tweak may be necessary.  Ortho-pawn may need 1-, 2-, 3-, or *4*-step opening option, to be sure to subdue Quadra-pawn. And that strengthening of the Ortho-pawn will not change Rococo advantage over her. And Quadra-pawn without two-step will still give Rococo fits, who has to jump-capture. At least all to the tune of 60-40 if not 70-30, best projected.  The Kings will be offensive weapons par excellence.