George Duke wrote on Fri, Nov 21, 2008 06:15 PM UTC:
Track One year 2015: Schoolbook Chess(8x10), Melee (9x9), Sissa (9x9).
We need one standard Carrera form that has lasted 400 years, so Sam
Trenholme's Schoolbook is taken for play in 2015. George Boeree's Melee is only the second '9x9' and early use of short-range pieces before Joyce's and Begley-Jones'. Carlos Cetina's Sissa is the third 9x9, with natural novel piece, that does not have to be thought out with each move and position. That makes 21 ''Next Chesses,'' half or more of which would be better received than Crazy Queen(8x8) in a perfect world of level playing field.