George Duke wrote on Tue, Sep 9, 2008 10:45 PM UTC:
Baseball Chess 9x9, Home Crowd. RNBKQCBNR. Towards marginalizing the
Home-Field Advantage, White should not always Move, or Pitch, first. Or,
Jeers and Cheers unfairly influence outcomes. (Realize that Chess is far
more International than major league baseball will ever be.) To move
first, White must compensate. (gggg) White moves first. Who else?
Beforehand, White chooses and implements any one of (1) removing one Pawn
from White array; (2) converting one Black Knight and one Black Bishop
both to become Half-Ducks (Alfil + Dabbabah + Trebouchet(0,3)) the duration; or (3) replacing one
Black Rook with second Cardinal(BN), like Janus Chess, and removing one
Black Pawn. (hhhh) 'gggg' except also White may ''pass,'' thereby
requiring Visitor Black to select any of (1-prime) as above for Black
rather than White; (2-prime) as above affecting White pieces not Black; or (3-prime) as above for White piece; and then Black moves first. ///
If effects entirely shift things to Black's moving first, further
fine-tuning is possible. Granted, 'gggg' and 'hhhh' may only enlarge
the asymmetry created by Home-Crowd bias. Face it, moving or pitching
first awakens one baffling asymmetry of ethical dimension. The minimal
appropriate counter-measure to balance is sought. Please enter any other
good alternative equaliser(s), specifying 9-square or 8-square:
___________________________________. Would modern Baseball itself be
Secular or Sacrosanct? And Caissa herself, goddess of Art, Sport,
Science, or Religion?
