bigchess thoughts and tips part 2

  
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Normajean Yates    (2009-05-12 00:50:51)
bigchess thoughts and tips, part 2...

(essentially my forum post)

compared to 8x8 chess, bigchess has twice the number of men but four-times the number of squares. Hence, initial and average board-population density is half that of 8x8chess. So, games are more commonly 'open' - games as closed as an 8x8-chess closed game will be comparatively rare.

Hence, also, (because of low population-density) long-range pieces Rook, Bishop and Queen are *in general* -- Thib., agreed: only 'in general' :) --- much more powerful than their 8x8-chess counterparts.

However, the queen can still get trapped early - see my game number 31191 - opp resigned on my [black's] 7th move because of trapped Queen.. http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=viewer&game=31191&flip=1