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El Americano wrote on Thu, Jan 31, 2008 09:09 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
It's too bad that the existing rule cannot be changed (improved). Teleporting to the traditional castling position has always seemed to me to be at odds with the intent to move away from the traditional positions. Moreover, doesn't the weaker queen-side castle in the classic game show that the King can't just leap to b1 from e1, but is limited to two-squares? The possible b1 to g1 leap just seems utterly ridiculous to me.

I love the variant, but I think Fischer made the wrong call - maybe he hadn't thought of this possibility when he announced it.

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