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Chigorin Chess
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Chigorin Chess is a chess variant invented by Ralph Betza in 2002. It was named after Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin.<ref name=Betza/> Betza commented that Rules The game follows all the rules and conventions of standard chess, with two differences:<ref name=Betza/> # White starts with additional knights instead of both bishops, and a chancellor (which moves as rook or knight) instead of a queen, while Black starts with additional bishops instead of both knights, and has a standard queen.<ref name=Betza/> # Pawns can only promote to any piece that their side had at the beginning of the game, except the king. Thus, white pawns may only promote to knight, rook, or chancellor, while black pawns may only promote to bishop, rook, or queen.<ref name=Betza/> Gameplay Chigorin Chess was meant to emphasize the contrast between the relative values of knights and bishops in standard chess. Betza commented that it was a good introductory variant for chessplayers, like his earlier Almost Chess.<ref name=Betza/> Betza considered that White has a large advantage due to his fast development, being able to castle as early as the third move, whereas Black cannot castle before the fifth move, and to castle that early he must move the f- or h-pawn to develop the g8-bishop and weaken his .<ref name=Betza/> 
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