Rainbow
on the chessboard!
The rainbow is an eternal symbol of hope for mankind. By introducing Rainbow Chess we do hope to enrich our beloved royal game with wonderful colours without violating its noble spirit. We do not want to destroy the framework of the ancient game, what we want is change and progress within this framework.
I showed a set of Rainbow Chess to Geurt Gijssen in '94, who was a chief arbiter in many top events (including some of the Kasparov-Karpov matches). He went through the FIDE Regulation and found the following requirement concerning the pieces: they should clearly differ from each other, while one of the camps must be brighter and the other darker. The Rainbow Chess Set meets all these requirements, he said, and added: if the opponents would agree, this set could be used even in a World Championship level tomorrow.
Well, it's not going to happen so soon, but it is likely that FIDE will officially recognize Rainbow Chess in the near future
Rainbow ;-)
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gilles groleau
- Dame
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- Enregistré le : jeu. déc. 19, 2002 9:46 pm
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