A type of chess proposed in 1927 by José Raúl Capablanca (world champion in 1921–1927). He believed that the level of chess knowledge reaches such a high level that the games will soon always end in a draw. This danger of a "tie death" was the main reason he developed a more complex and richer chess game.
100 Square Chess - Capablanca Chess (S-228)
S-228
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A type of chess proposed in 1927 by José Raúl Capablanca (world champion in 1921–1927). He believed that the level of chess knowledge reaches such a high level that the games will soon always end in a draw. This danger of a "tie death" was the main reason he developed a more complex and richer chess game.
To achieve this, he introduced (apart from the classic set of chess pieces) two new pieces, the archbishop and the chancellor:
Archbishop - figure in fields c1 and c8, moving like a Bishop and a Knight,
Chancellor - a figure in spaces h1 and h8, moving like a Rook and a Knight.
Capablanca believed that adding two strong pieces would reduce the probability of a draw and make the game more interesting, as the new pieces had properties that enrich the game.
S-228
Data sheet
- Board dimension
- 40 x 40 cm
- Square size:
- 35 x 35 mm
- Chessboard color
- Brown
- Color of black figures
- Brown
- Height of the King
- 50 mm
- Material
- Wood
- Figure loaded
- Yes
- Figures taped
- Yes
- Weight
- 2.0 kg
IMPERATOR
HANDCRAFTED
EUROPEAN
CHESS SET
