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Forward Chess. Variant where backward movement is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Michael Nelson wrote on Sun, Jan 25, 2004 07:33 AM UTC:

Peter, 

Sorry about that typo--I know the correct name of your fine game, but my
fingers don't work so well sometimes.

As for no draws by agreement, the rest of the rules by design make it
impossible for a game played to a conclusion to be drawn. My feeling is
that the players cannot agree on an impossible result, any more than two
players of FIDE Chess are able to agree to split the point 3/4 - 1/4.

My reason for a drawless game is personal one: playtesting and analysis
indicate draws would be extremely rare using checkmate and King to the
eighth rank as win conditions. I simply dislike the idea of a draw rate of
say 1/2%. 

The fifty move rule is arbitrary, but will never be invoked by skilled
players: the player with the won position can win quicker than that.