Friday, March 5, 2010

Question #39

This game is a variation of chess. What is it known as? Also identify the two new pieces.



Cracked by Vish, Drakejuyal, iamayush and Sourav Ray
Answer: Quoting iamayush "This is called " Capablanca Chess " . The two pieces are the "Archbishop" (Left), which is Bishop + Knight , and the "Chancellor"(Right) , which is Knight + Rook". It was introduced by Jose Raul Capablanca to reduce the number of drawn games.

5 comments

goatboi said...

Capablanca Chess....

Unknown said...

capablanca chess,chancellor and archbishop

Sourav Ray said...

Capablanca chess

c - Archbishop
h - Chancellor

iamayush@gmail.com said...

This is called " Capablanca Chess " . The two pieces are the "Archbishop" (Left) , which is Bishop + Knight , and the "Chancellor"(Right) , which is Knight + Rook .
Ayush

Gokul said...

Carrera Chess

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