Agree with Richard. The only thing that makes it at all similar to chess as it stands now is that you get bonuses for controlling where the pieces begin on the board. Are you planning on making it in any way more like chess?

@kneugen- the reason your bonus links aren't working is because you need to type BonusLink_#, not bonuslink_#. You need to capitalize the first letter of each word in the bonus, otherwise it won't work. Similar to how you type Territory_# not territory_#.