George Duke wrote on Mon, Jan 7, 2013 10:23 PM UTC:
Forced to choose, Mats Winther's two future chesses would probably be first Future_Chess, not quite preserving 64 squares but going to 68, and second, what has with indulgence other informal name ''pawn-Knight-drive,'' Valiant_Chess.
Gustavian board of 68 would seem to be minimal increment to 1000-year western practice and is itself over 200 years, Board_68, providing a slot for a single paired piece addition without awkward unaesthetic drop mechanism, as Winther's cvs do for many a new Bifurcator piece-type on that 68 squares. Individual subvariants of Future Chess, otherwise preserving the mobilization phase, could fill the vacant corner squares with one piece-type two a side at a time, bifurcator or otherwise.
Gustavian board of 68 would seem to be minimal increment to 1000-year western practice and is itself over 200 years, Board_68, providing a slot for a single paired piece addition without awkward unaesthetic drop mechanism, as Winther's cvs do for many a new Bifurcator piece-type on that 68 squares. Individual subvariants of Future Chess, otherwise preserving the mobilization phase, could fill the vacant corner squares with one piece-type two a side at a time, bifurcator or otherwise.