Capablanca Chess

#10 Presumably not due to licensing restrictions and due to lichess having dozens of 2D and 3D piece sets.

Surely creating some piece graphics cannot be an unsurmountable obstacle. It would be nice if every piece set would support all pieces, but not really necessary. I am sure that Capablanca-Chess afficionados would already be very happy if there just existed a single piece set that supported Archbishop and Chancellor.

I admit I've never played Capablanca chess.

No doubt Capablanca was a great player but the story of him thinking he's too good for chess and chess is too easy, inventing more pieces and bigger board and then losing his WC title to Aljechin just sounds like a very awkward and embarrassing story about a psychopath.

Why isn't Capablanca chess more established? Is it indeed a meaningsful game? Anyone playing it? Knowing the origin of it and why it was introduced just makes me discouraged.

#13 Have you seen a Capablanca chess board? 10x8 is quite large!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capablanca_chess

I'm enthusiastic about Seirawan chess where the knights have a strong chance of being effective.

I looked it up now, but never played.

#13 Gothic Chess, which is a form of Capablanca Chess with yet another initial setup, at one time was reasonably popular. It is a very good game, more tactical than orthodox Chess due to the presence of three Queen-class pieces. The wide board significantly enhaces the value of the Bishop. Games tend to be very exciting, and the natural draw rate is only about 16%.

I like it better than Seirawan Chess. The 8x8 board really seems a bit too cramped for having somany powerful pieces on it.

A good and easy way to get an impression of these games is to watch engines play bullet games against each other.

Great video I found on Capablanca chess for those interested @blackzombie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7wUq521qbk

Capablanca chess starts at 6:37 and ends at 8:55.

Thanks! I will check!