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Sentinel Chess. Instead of queens, players have sentinels who can transform into 8 pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Anonymous wrote on Thu, Aug 19, 2004 04:57 PM UTC:
The applet still has one problem: it deploys the corps when that does not get it out of check. A sample game:<p> <ol><b> <li>Pe2- e4 Pf7- f6 <li>Sd1- e2 Pa7- a6 <li>Se2- f3 Ph7- h6 <li>Sf3- g4 Pe7- e5 <li>Sg4- f5 Pb7- b6 <li>Sf5- g6 Bf8- d6 <li>Sg6@ g6 Ke8xPf7 <li>Pg7xRh8Q Pa6- a5 <li>Qh8- g7+ Kf7- e8 <li>Qg7xNg8+ Bd6- f8 <li>Ph7- h8Q+ Pc7- c5 <li>Qg8xBf8+ Sd8@ e8??</li> <br></b>not getting out of check<b><br> <li>Qf8xKe8+ </ol></b> Note: in the above sample, the @ symbol has been used to mean 'deploys the corps.'