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Pre-chess of recent incarnation is by Benko in 1978. He put article in USCF ''Chess Life,'' then with editor Hochberg, about it.
Benko-Chess (Pre-Cchess) seems THE solution, the best shuffle variant I've seen. It is much better than FischerRandom because you choose/make your set-uo and by doing so also get time to adjust to it, as oppossed to having suddenly in frot of you and having to move. Excellent idea.
Another possibility, closely resembling Fischerandom chess, was advanced
by GMs Pal Benko and Arthur Bisguier in two articles in the November
1978 issue of Chess Life & Review, and by me in a two-part article for
Chesscafe.com in 1997
- Burt Hochberg from chesscafe.com Copyright 2004 CyberCafes, LLC.
The positions of the pieces are decided entirely by the players, not by a
computer program. Strategic chess thinking therefore begins with the first
piece placement. The two players place their pieces alternately, one at a time.
White does not necessarily have any advantage here; in fact, Black may have
the advantage because Black gets the first look at the opponent’s placements.
- The pieces may occupy any squares as long as the bishops are on opposite colors. The kings do not have to be placed between the rooks.
- Castling is permitted only if the unmoved king is on e1/e8 and an unmoved rook is on a1/a8 or h1/h8; orthodox castling rules apply. The possibility of castling is up to the players, who may or may not place their kings and rooks appropriately.
- There are 8,294,400 possible opening positions.
Does someone have the original text of this article from Chess Life & Review by Benko? It seems quite important for historical purposes.
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