Capablanca Style Chess Set (Chess Variant)

Capablanca Style Chess Set (Chess Variant)

$99.00
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This variant of chess adds two special pieces to a 10x10 chess board!  It was designed a century ago by a world's top chess player. In the 1920's World Chess Champion Jose Raul Capablanca believed that within a few decades from his time playing Chess the Grandmasters in the game would find themselves all on equal ground resulting in all their games ending in draws. To avoid this, Jose invented this variation on the age old game of Chess. Capablanca devised his new variant with a 10 x 10 board instead of the regular 8 x 8. While his most recent design settled on a 10 x 8 board, this version is the earlier 10 x 10 playing field. The additional space enabled two new pieces to join the force: The Archbishop: a piece that combines the movements of a bishop and a knight The Chancellor: a piece that combines the movements of a rook and a knight With the two extra pieces per side comes two more pawns per side as well. The setup is similar to a regular game of chess except that the Archbishop

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