Add Capablanca chess to chess.com?

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Capablanca chess (or Capablanca's chess) is a chess variant invented in the 1920s by former World Chess Champion José Raúl Capablanca. It incorporates two new pieces and is played on a 10×8 board.

Who would like chess.com to add this game?

frhoads

Great idea.  I think this is a much more useful form of the game to attempt to popularize than Chess360.  The basic addition to the game is in the form of two new pieces, the chancellor, that can move like either a rook or a knight [of course, a queen moves like a rook or bishop] and the archbishop, that can move like a bishop or knight.  The two additional spaces in the 10 slots are occupied by a chancellor and an archbishop.

I didn't realize that the new board was not 10x10.  The larger board might be interesting too.

waffllemaster
coneheadzombie wrote:

can you tell us more details, like the how the new pieces move, what they are called, etc.?

Here's a link:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=capablanca+chess

AndyClifton

Ah, "get a life"...brilliant!

pieace

sounds interesting.  I like 960.  Would be interested in playing pre- 'mad queen' rules, also. 

you won the blitz game fair and square as far as I am concerned, because of the time factor. I still appreciate the note though!  Enjoyed the game.

TitanCG

I always liked the Seirawan chess pieces.

paK0666

If they work on putting in new kinds of chess the should start with bughouse

Nordlandia

Capablanca Chess is complicated even from the start, playing vs the engine is almost entirely hopeless. Also the new two files and pieces add somesort of comfussion for inexperienced players. 8x8 board is in harmony, 10x8 is a rectangle. Disorientation is the issue induceing perplexity.

sisu

Let's make it happen!

RomyGer

When you love chess ( and we all do )  let us stick to the normal chess, please, difficult enough...

TKACHS

Only if Capablanca is willing to come back from the grave to play it with us

sisu

I just went to the wikipedia link for Capablanca chess, and it points me to a computer engine called ChessV. First game of Capablanca chess (untimed).. smashed the engine stupid! So this will be a good variant:

ivandh

Capablanca chess is unbalanced, white has a large advantage because of the positioning of the pieces. I believe there are one or two other variants out there which more or less correct this issue.

sisu

Let's make it happen!

Nordlandia
ivandh wrote:

I believe there are one or two other variants out there which more or less correct this issue.

Gothic Chess?

GargleBlaster

Gothic chess is actually a lot of fun.

Stormstout
paK0666 wrote:

If they work on putting in new kinds of chess the should start with bughouse

This

Nordlandia

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MartinRechRamos

I agree

 

PsychologicalChesss

YES, I WOULD LOVE FOR CHESS.COM TO ADD CAPABLANCA CHESS. I personally quit because of all the ads but if you add capablanka chess I'm prob gonna play it 24-7