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TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝David Paulowich wrote on Tue, Feb 28, 2023 12:43 AM UTC:

Nothing special planned for this page. Anything like new endgame piece values can easily be added in a Comment.

Thanks for the quick reply.


Greg Strong wrote on Mon, Feb 27, 2023 11:47 PM UTC in reply to David Paulowich from 10:02 PM:

That's because this page is a static HTML page, not a database-driven dynamic page like later entries. (You'll notice the icon is different -- the dynamic pages have a solid blue square with a lower-case letter m).

What changes would you like to make?


💡📝David Paulowich wrote on Mon, Feb 27, 2023 10:02 PM UTC:

HELP! Both this game and Shatranj Kamil (64) are missing the "As the author of this page..." message box that grants me access. EDIT: Okay. Thanks for the info.

Estimated endgame piece values on the 10x10 board:

Pawn=1, Knight=3, Bishop=3.5, Wizard=3.5, Champion=4.5, Rook=5.5, Archbishop=8.5, Chancellor=9.5, Queen=10. A Queen equals two Bishops and a Knight. Also a Queen equals Rook and Bishop plus one Pawn.


Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Feb 14, 2023 02:16 AM UTC in reply to Kevin Pacey from Mon Feb 13 08:46 PM:Excellent ★★★★★

TenCubed and Opulent were both entries in the 10 Contest.  David and I both decided to use the number 10 by having 10 piece types on an 10-by-10 board, so they are pretty similar.  Although Opulent has seen more play, I think TenCubed is probably the better game.  I have had a very difficult time getting a good opening array in Opulent.  It needs to change yet again ...


Kevin Pacey wrote on Mon, Feb 13, 2023 08:46 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Nice mixture of pieces in this variant!

edit: Also, this CV reminds me a little of Opulent Chess:

https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/opulent-chess

edit2: Two CVs that might have been inspired by TenCubed Chess (but weren't):

https://www.chessvariants.com/play/soho-chess

https://www.chessvariants.com/play/wide-soho-chess


H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, May 8, 2021 06:16 PM UTC:
files=10 ranks=10 satellite=tencubed graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ promoZone=1 maxPromote=1 squareSize=50 graphicsType=png lightShade=#FFFFD0 startShade=#4F705F rimColor=#7F3700 coordColor=#FFDEAD borders=0 firstRank=1 useMarkers=1 promoChoice=QAC symmetry=mirror pawn::::a3-j3 knight:N:::c2,h2 bishop::::d2,g2 rook::::b2,i2 champion::::c1,h1 wizard:::moon:d1,g1 archbishop:::cardinal:e1 marshall:::chancellor:f1 queen::::e2 king::K::f2

TenCubed Chess


    💡📝David Paulowich wrote on Sat, Mar 11, 2006 01:55 AM UTC:
    See Ralph Betza's first 'ugly ASCII diagram' here for his idea of shifting the standard 8x8 initial setup to the center of a 16x16 board. I started with a similar idea on a 10x10 board and added some more pawns and pieces.

    1.f3-f5 g8-g7 2.e3-e4 King f9-g8 3.Bishop g2-f3 King g8-h7 4.Bishop f3-i6 uses both Bishops to checkmate in TenCubed Chess. This mate also works on the 16x16 board.

    1.Wizard d1-e4 e8-e7 2.Wizard e4-b5 Bishop d9-e8 3.Wizard b5-e6 is the shortest mate in TenCubed Chess. This mate will also work if wizards are replaced by camels.


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