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Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Where Grotesque's form of castling used before, from Falcon Chess Patent Text Excerpts copied on this CVP, the two sentences before 'Conclusions, Ramifications and Scope': 'Still another variation modifies free castling, whereby the squares on which the King can stop are one fewer in number excluding the square closest to the King's initial position. This arrangement is intermediate between free castling and orthodox castling.' Written in 1996, the idea may have been used in an earlier patent but not spilled over to Pritchard's 1994 ECV.