Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To M Winther wrote on Sun, May 7, 2006 01:59 PM UTC:Sam, for this game I investigated many initial positions, even non-mirrored. This was the only one I found that was good, I think. Why I didn't choose the 'natural' positions of bishops and knights had to do with the fact (if I recollect correctly) that the enemy mastodon would lose its natural development square on b3, b6, i3, i6. Also, the flank pawn would also be initially threathened by the bishop, which would be a hindrance to castling. It's possible that my 10x10 version of MastodonChess is better, at least more strategical. Thank you for the information on TamerSpiel. --Mats Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID The Mammoth does not match any item.