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Paulowich's Chancellor Chess. A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝David Paulowich wrote on Mon, Feb 6, 2023 09:22 PM UTC:

We are ants crawling across the chessboard. The endgame K+R versus K+N has been known for a thousand years. I once used it to save a half point early in this century. While the Rook can trap the Knight in some positions, even masters are known to have difficulty finding a win while the clock is ticking. And then there is the following endgame study. A computer tested forced win that goes OVER FIVE HUNDRED MOVES without a piece being captured. Perhaps we should tone down any remarks on the limited scope of chess on 64 squares.

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Black to play, White wins in 517 moves

Marc Bourzutschky and Yakov Konoval, May 2006