M Winther wrote on Thu, Jun 21, 2007 06:44 AM UTC:
Sam, you didn't include my variant, Teutonic Chess, RNBQAKMBNR.
http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/capablanca.htm
I think that Capa 1 (which suffers from 1.Mh3 mating threat) is playable. 1.Mh3 is, arguably, a weak move that achieves nothing, except putting the Minister on the same diagonal as the enemy bishop. Although there may be better alternatives than Capa 1, it's not certain that a position suffering from an initial weakness is inferior. A mutual weakness in the opening position may create possibilities of seizing the initiative, something which enlivens the game (but I haven't analysed this position).
/Mats
