Originally posted by ark13
I think we need a bit more evidence before declaring your setup superior. I'll run it overnight on Junior 9 with yours as black and a lot of time. If it wins then we can consider it better than the standard setup.
But I think this is really interesting. Which setup really is best? Even if yours wins, I'm willing to bet that there's a better one out ...[text shortened]... with ideas and we'll try them. It may be a fun contest a lead us to some insights about chess.
Even if yours wins, I'm willing to bet that there's a better one out there.
YOU DARE CHALLENGE THE SUPREMACY OF THE ATY SETUP?!
Phlababit -
You also speculated switching a night someplace other? That might be a nice game to run a few rounds of to see who wins.
Yes. I think this one might be as good or better. Or, it might not.
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The idea is that the Knights are even more centralized than in the other setup. In addition they can access their traditional positions at c3/c6 and f3/f6 to support the center Pawns if needed. As the Knights will need to develop early to be useful, the Rooks will still get connected early. The weakness of this one vs. my first offering is that the Rooks don't support the center Pawns immediately, and if the Knights go to the traditional c and f positions before those Pawns are advanced, the Rooks get blocked in and need to spend tempo to get to the center. I don't know if the better Knight position compensates for the worse Rook position in the initial setup.
Another possibility might involve an assymmetric setup designed to hit one particular side of the board really hard. Something like this:
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This setup would be aiming at the left side of the board (a-side). As the center is more important, however, I think mine is superior to this one.
I'm not in the mood to run these, but if anyone else wants to you're welcome to. I may run them later.