<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 12/1/01 4:21:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, alfred1sca@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I have also tried running period chess variants which use the modern board
<BR>but that seems to confuse people since they keep thinking of modern chess.
<BR>I want to go on record as suggesting that Byzantine Chess be used as SCA
<BR>chess!
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<BR> I've used a Byzantine board at SCA events myself. The easiest way I've found to use a standard chess board is to not play chess, but rather play Shataranga.
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<BR> Jack Butler
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