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Gerd Degens wrote on Sat, Feb 25, 2023 04:20 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Wed Feb 22 12:24 PM:

So its strength lies entirely in its ability to see possible checkmates a number of moves in advance.

@ H.G.
I think the topic is through. You have very clearly pointed out the strategically 'inferior' approach to the game and you have reduced the only strength of the game to the possibility of a staggered preview of check and mate situations. I can agree with that.

But what if:
What about a variation of the rule that only the king can be captured. So what if the king was given the possibility to capture other pieces? Ceteris paribus, everything remains the same. Captured pieces go to 'their' base place on the base line - rooks, knights and bishops could choose their base places?

The strategic importance of the king is not raised to its level in normal chess; nevertheless, it would be associated with a strategic upgrading. What do you think?
 


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