Comments by sibahi

(Speaking of ZRFs, the variant in the following link might interest you as well.) Link

Thanks again ..

Joe,

Thank you for the comment.

As for the pawn structure, this game was intended as a re-modeling of Glinski's Chess to include the Falcon. So almost all the setup 'ideas' are borrowed from that game. As I understand the philosophy of Glinski's Chess, this setup ensures that all pawns are protected (they protect each other,) AND that all the pieces can move in the opening setup.

Your idea of the zig-zag line was used by Christian Freeling in HexDragonfly. It is probably just as workable as anyother setup. Link

If you don't mind me saying, this is one hell of a mutator !!

However, it is probably difficult to keep track of everything going on at once, I would suggest three modifications, which may be combined or taken independently. My personal choice would be to use the first two, and discard the third.

1. Keeping pawns out of the sequence until they promote.

2. ONLY piece which more attacked than they are protected promote. That is, after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 , the pawn on e5 doesn't promote because it is attacked once and defended once. The King could count here.

3. Limiting promotion to one piece at a time, no matter how many pieces left unguarded.

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((I believe there is a mistake in the example game... in white's fourth move promotion details, if you would check it out.))

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I nominate this game to be in the next Game Courier tournament (using modifications 1 and 2 above.)

http://www.sjgames.com/tilechess/

I came across this variant while browsing in BoardGameGeek.com .

The idea of it is to play chess with out a board. The Chess pieces are
represented by tiles that must, at all times, be connected to each other.
(According to that page, it's a cross between Chess and Dominoes.) The
Game allows up to six players to play.

Is there a page for this game here? It certainly sounds like a crazy idea.

Ah, you're right. Knights are certainly not equal to Rooks in this game. But they do gain value from their ability to jump, AND Betza's leveling effect. If all the pieces were equal in value it would be a dull game, where people would exchange pieces and reach a pawn endgame.

Incidentally, I think the bishop, on a semi-open position, is stronger than the Rook on this board.

This is a diagram for the Nightrider's movement. The squares marked with & are can be reached by more than one path.

   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
8  |   |:::| * |:::| & |:::| * |:::|  
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
7  |:::|   |:*:|   |:::|   |:*:|   |  
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
6  | & |:::|   |:*:|   |:*:|   |:::|  
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
5  |:::|   |:*:|   |:::|   |:*:|   |  
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
4  |   |:::|   |:::| N |:::|   |:::|  
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
3  |:::|   |:*:|   |:::|   |:*:|   |  
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
2  | & |:::|   |:*:|   |:*:|   |:::|  
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
1  |:::|   |:*:|   |:::|   |:*:|   |  
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  
     a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h

Hmm, how about a Vazaba ? a Void Wazaba .. just a thought

Thompson, George Duke has played a few games of Omega Chess, one of them was against me.

Personally, I think Omega Chess is a good game in its own right. However, the endgame does play out like a prolonged and boring Chess ending. The existence of all those leapers (and the huge space between the two armies) makes pawn pushes somehow unnecessary, and pawns are the soul of chess.

I wonder though, what George Duke considers to be the 'best' decimal variant, (my bet is that he will say Rococo, but I would call it an Ultima variant, not a Chess variant.)

To Mr. Duniho,

An option to have 'Diamonds' in the menu 'Shape', which are 45 degrees squares, would be nice. It's like the difference between vertical and horizontal hexagons. (I realize it can be worked around using the bkg image, but it's a nice option to have.)

Regards,

http://www.chessvariants.org/contests/10/vesquj/vesquj3.html

This is the game I was talking about, to quote:

'The President, as a modern head of state, does not lead the army to battle. In fact, the President cannot move unless attacked! If in check, the President may move by trading places with any piece on the same side except a Sergeant. (The military whisks her away to a refuge.)'

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My vote, from the current list, ordered by preference :

A. Tony Quintanilla's suggestion (which is, in short, designing a mutator.)

B. Winning Conditions other than mate. (Losers, where you have to get mated.)

C. A game with Triangles as cells.

D. Specific type of Board : The Central Squares.

E. Multiple Boards. (1+)

I don't believe the BrainKing mass of games is reliable. Too many
beginners. If, somehow, you could get the percentages where both players
in a game are among the top ten, you would get a better estimate.

As I said in an earlier thread, I don't believe the first move advantage
is a flaw. I think it is the most natural thing.

Incidentally, the setup I prefer for this variant is : R N B R* B* K N* B
N R

As I understand the rules, a pawn's double move costs 3 points ?

Assume this very simple position : 

White : K anywhere, B b7
Black : K anywhere, R a8 , M behind R

After 1.Bxa8 any 2.Bb7(M emerges) .. ok, this is not quite what i had in mind when i typed that comment (I was under the impression that the 'emerging' is a separate move,) but the Marshal is under attack. Unless it can get outa there quickly (which is difficult in the usually crowded positions this game gives,) it's lost.