Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Roberto Lavieri wrote on Wed, Mar 15, 2006 11:12 PM UTC:This variant tries to balance the skills of players. It is a very simple idea: A drink can be given to the attacker once a piece is taken. If the attacker has to drink for every piece taken and for every check, the game creates a natural handicap for the more skilled player, as he is going to get drunk faster. Feel free to add as many variations as the game can sustain. Use different amounts or just plain different alcohols for different pieces, and depending on the opponent. As an example, soon you'd begin to identify the bishop with red wine and the knight with a frosty beer. Put the strong drink in the queen as a further reward for taking the coveted most-powerful piece. If you are going to face Topalov, I suggest you select Vodka for him, and orange juice for you, and amounts depend on the taken piece, I suggest you must be widely generous with him. You have only to resist enough, donĀ“t allow a fast checkmate. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Balancing Chess does not match any item.