Re: The "swap rule" in chess...

Harold Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  "John Rowland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > "Harold Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > Do the people who are really GOOD at chess ever want
> > > to re-write the rulebook, or is it just people who suck?
> > 
> > Capablanca wanted to add 2 extra pieces, the cardinal (B+N combination) and
> > the marshall (R+N combination). Fischer wants to randomize the starting
> > position. Capablanca and Fischer didn't suck.
> 
> 
> Well, true. But Fischer is insane, so I'm not sure he counts. Did he 
> want to change the rules so drastically--not just the tournament 
> format--when he was world champion?
> 
> --Harold Buck
> 
> 
> "I used to rock and roll all night,
>  and party every day.
>  Then it was every other day. . . ."
>       -Homer J. Simpson<<

Ah! , 'Mr Bumsuck' --Michael Adams

I believe that Michael misspelled your last name.