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NCV | Split Queen Seirawan Chess

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josephruhf
Nov 6, 2023
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#1

Timecontrol

10 | 15

Gamerules

Bare Piece, Stalemate wins

Promotion

Chancellor, Archbishop, King, Rook, Bishop, Knight on the 8th rank

Note

Just a demake of Seirawan chess. The value of the queen is split into bishop+king+knight. This fixes the balance issues of the Chancellor and Archbishop in normal Seirawan chess.
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ChessMasterGS
Dec 31, 2023
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#2

Hi! Sorry for the long wait.

Looking at the nature of the board, the gameplay can often drag on for a long time without any development, especially if the major pieces are traded off. Overall, there is not much uniqueness or anything new that this remake of Seirawan Chess brings to the table. In addition, there really isn't any evidence to back up the claim that the Chancellor and Archbishop have balance issues in the original.

For these reasons, this variant is: