George Duke wrote on Sat, Dec 5, 2009 05:33 PM UTC:
Brainking has a new CV since I last logged on today, well, since I last
played a lot anyway. Behemoth Chess. The Behemoth introduces a random
factor. The indestructible piece moves 1-4 spaces in a random direction
after every player move and destroys everything in its path. The CV may be
imbalanced to Black. (Two kinds of imbalances, arrays and results, may be
loosely connected, but Behemoth has no unbalanced array.) The results at
Brainking so far. White wins 4537 for 47.16%. Black wins 4667 for 48.51%.
Draws 416 for 4.32%. That's not too scary. The imbalance is logical if you think about it. The Behemoth has to be somewhere, and to move first puts you more likely in the path.