The following are readers' comments and ratings for the page Amontillado.
| Date | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2001 | Excellent | No comment. |
| 27 Apr 2001 | Excellent | "But if someone were to taunt the elephants?" Two words: Toe Jam. |
| 27 Apr 2001 | None | Pawns replaced by elephants? But what if someone were to taunt the Elephants? --gnohmon |
| 20 Apr 2001 | None | How can you have a game with Hamilcar, Hasdrubal and Hannibal Barca
without any Elephants? (Mind you, Will Cupy, in The Decline and Fall of Practically Everyone points out that Hannibal usually lost when he had elephants, and won when we did not.) Pritchard says that the Alfil -- the old Elephant piece -- is worth about the same as a central Pawn in Shatranj, so in games where Pawns promote to powerful pieces, they must be worth even less. Thus, you should be able to replace a pair of Pawns with Alfils in the Amontillado Army, and give Hannibal something to cross the Alps with.
PBA |
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