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I made a preset with these same pieces on an 11x8 board to avoid the open ranks behind each kingdom. It is listed as Elite Chess
In the Mid-evil Chess pre-set and Elite Chess the Prince is the name of the piece that combines the move of queen and knight. Prince seems to be more in line with the Medieval jargon of the game, although you may still refer to it as the Amazon, just as a Rook is often called a castle, and a Knight called a horse.
This pre-set for Mainzer Schach has an error in it. It lists the player with the white pieces as black, and visa-versa. Does anyone know how to fix it?
The World 4-Way Chess Championship on-line is starting soon.
tournament info
Eric Greenwood and I have an interesting position in our game of Duke of Rutland's Chess we are playing, here is a link if anyone wants to see it.
Greenwood-Stockman
Does anyone know what language Bogot Bogot speaks? I tried to email him for months but he doesnt respond
Please Note this page was created way back at the turn of the Century. Now many awesome designs for new pieces are available and being used. I find this page interesting as an archive of how things used to be
I have a suggestion. Is it possible to have a maximum number of points that a player can gain or lose per game? I am thinking of a maximum change per game of around 10 or 20 points, because there are many players listed here who have only played one or two games but they have highly inflated or deflated ratings. Hats off to Jeremy Good who apparently has completed more games here than anyone else, looks like 250 completed games, and counting!
You guys should try this game, check out the game i'm playing now. Mr. Schmahl sacrificed his bishop on move 7, gaining 2 pawns, but now he must pay the piper
the mirrors make me crazy, i guess i just need someone to talk to, and at least here i know people who like chess variants just like me. hey , why dont u play me in a game, i have several open games u can play
Fergus, can you resign the players who haven't made a move in 4 months in these games? Let's make a rule, if you don't make a move in 100 days you lose.
Only if you are playing regicide rules in 4-Way Chess
well, the world 4-way chess championship is off to a rocky start jeremy, i guess its between u and me for the championship, lol
I dont think castling helps you much in this game. its better to keep the king in the middle, he may be your last warrior.
why do u need 9 queens, 4 four queens will cover the whole board. no, u can never have 9 queens.
Its just plain fun to invent new names for pieces, although i think archbishop and chancellor are the names that will stick. Please note it is common to call a rook a castle, and a knight a horse. Check out Mid-evil chess for a new twist I added to capablanca like games. I call the amazon the Prince, or the 'Mean Queen'
Usually I try to get my king to the other side of the board just to show my opponent how strong my position has become. I think the rule should be that if you get your king to the other side of the board you WIN
I propose that the compound pieces in this game be called: Arch-Bishop (Bishop+Knight) Wizard (Rook+Knight) a.k.a. Chancellor Prince (Queen+Knight) a.k.a. Amazon Accept my open invitation to play me a game of Tutti-Frutti Chess. You gotta try this game it is really fun, (if you like pulling your hair out of your head, lol)
In order to view the 4-Way Chess pre-set on full screen go to Internet Explorer browser and press (F11) to see the entire board
I think some clarification of the rules is required. I assume, if a piece is captured on the first move of your turn its twin is immediately removed from the other board b4 you make the second move of your turn. The rules say that the first person to capture the enemy king wins. I assume this means that check and check-mate do not apply, or do you play that you can only move into check if you are already in check-mate? Also, if a player captures a piece on the first move of his turn and removing its twin allows a (un)disclosed check on the second board you may simply capture the enemy king (and its twin) and win the game. Sounds like fun!
If you want to move a unit on one board and you dont have any armies of the specific calibur required to move on the second board, what happens? Do you simply not move on the second board, or is the first move disallowed?
Can a knight assimilate with a queen? In reading the rules it appears they my not, is that correct?
In reading the rules it seems that en passant is not allowed. Is this correct? I would like to challege the inventor of this game to a match. I have an open invite up if you are interested.
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