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David Paulowich wrote on Sun, Mar 20, 2005 05:15 PM UTC:
Great Shatranj (8x8 board) <p>rnaaaanr/ppdfkdpp/2pppp2/8/8/2PPPP2/PPDFKDPP/RNAAAANR/ <p>where A=Alfil and D=Dabbabba, illustrates John Savard's innovative ideas on how to cover the entire board with these two pieces. As George William Duke would say, best not to spoil this 'big little game' by playing it. I happen to be working on another chess variant with this Pawn structure (a cross between Shatranj and Makruk). <p>Consider removing a dozen weak pieces (4xAlfil, 2xFers, 2xWazir, 4xPawn) from each army in Leaping/Missing Bat Chess and replacing the 2xDabbabba with 2xAlibaba, allowing us to fit the new game on a 12x12 board. NOTE: Fergus Duniho uses both the Alibaba and the Walker (calling them Spider and Steward) in his Interdependent Chess.

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