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Desert Pub Chess. A game where Desert Wazirs & Desert Ferz capture by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
M Winther wrote on Thu, May 17, 2007 06:05 PM UTC:
Peter, yes, they are flying leapers and I was surprised to see how well they worked. Very attractive pieces. The Alquerque that Arie is investigating implies that the second party(!) has an advantage that is almost winning. Remarkably, an ancient authour in antiquity made the same remark. My Zillions implementation has been of good help to Arie. His homepage on the history of draughts: 
http://www.draughtshistory.nl/homepage.htm
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