[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment Heavy Gravity Chess. Chess with heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Bishops, and Rooks are limited to 4 spaces per move, Kings move 1 diagonal. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] David Paulowich wrote on Thu, Mar 15, 2007 12:11 AM UTC:Yes, the Silver General and its backwards version cannot triangulate. Recently I posted this comment on Andy Maxson's ancient chess: Eric Greenwood proposed this change in the rules of TAMERLANE CHESS '... the Ferz gains the power to move 1 square straight back ...' See also the humpback in Whale Shogi. This is precisely the reversal of the moves of the silver general from Shogi.
Yes, the Silver General and its backwards version cannot triangulate. Recently I posted this comment on Andy Maxson's ancient chess:
Eric Greenwood proposed this change in the rules of TAMERLANE CHESS '... the Ferz gains the power to move 1 square straight back ...'
See also the humpback in Whale Shogi. This is precisely the reversal of the moves of the silver general from Shogi.