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Manuel Hohmann wrote on Fri, Mar 8 06:11 PM UTC:

Indeed, having just one color-bound bishop is not optimal, and the Anglican Bishop sounds like a good solution.

I wouldn't change it on this page, though, since this page should reflect just the original invention by Jeff Weeks. I think the inventor did not consider this to be problematic, and his intention was simply to find a possible initial setup that would avoid immediate attacks. But I will keep the idea in mind for future submissions.

Also for the alternative torus chess variants listed at the top of this page there is no such problem, since they have two bishops of different color.

I have a few alternatives in mind where the board geometry is different, and bishops are no longer color-bound. These boards are "glued" differently, such that bishops change their color when they pass over the glue zone. I will post them here as well.


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