28 Jul 10
Originally posted by AndreliousChess is not like war. It may have been inspired by war when it was created, but the strategy is often radically different.
After all, war is not turn based (though it would explain the US army's failures in Iraq)
For example, this:
This is a victory for white; the pawn will queen. In a war, this result would be disastrous for both sides; both armies have been nearly completely lost.
28 Jul 10
Originally posted by AndreliousThis would so radically alter the game that it wouldn't be chess anymore.
I notice a number of posters have correctly pointed out about the turn based nature of chess, so how about allowing a mated player one move to respond to the mate to allow mutual checkmate and thus draw. I also, as someone suggested, think the rules should be changed to require the capture of the king, although this would change little in reality as one w ...[text shortened]... Kxe7; 2 Bxe7 Qxe1 ½-½ [fen]rnb1k2r/ppppQppp/5n1b/q7/1B1P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RN2K1NR w KQkq - 0 1[/fen]
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Anti-rec.
GP is right to call it 'blasphemy'.
This would not be chess, but some bizarre variant game masquerading as chess.
29 Jul 10
Andrelious you are a bad bad boy.
Howeveer SG is correct you can perhaps invent a variant of the game
based on this idea.
There are sites dedicated to variants so hit there and see if your idea
will hold water.
I've played rifle chess, give-away chess (I'm good at that) and Alice in
Wonderland chess a few times
But the Royal Game is is the only perfect game.
01 Aug 10
Originally posted by gorookyourselfI agree. Backgammon is a most excellent game and is quite suited to those cold winter nights by the fire with a bottle of Chianti.
I'm just saying that would be the only change I could tolerate in Chess. Anything more extreme than that and I would quit and focus on Backgammon. Which surprisingly has very large tournaments and payouts.
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01 Aug 10
Originally posted by greenpawn34Do you have a link to a variants site? Is there a cylindrical version of chess? My brother and I tried that a couple of times, when kids. As an example of the possible moves, after g3 the KB can move to f1-a4, or f1-b5, etc. We didn't go to the trouble to see if it is a flawed idea.
Andrelious you are a bad bad boy.
Howeveer SG is correct you can perhaps invent a variant of the game
based on this idea.
There are sites dedicated to variants so hit there and see if your idea
will hold water.
I've played rifle chess, give-away chess (I'm good at that) and Alice in
Wonderland chess a few times
But the Royal Game is is the only perfect game.