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Touring Chess. Pieces can either move normally or leap on a Knight's tour only known in advance to the referee. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

gnohmon wrote on Wed, Jan 29, 2003 04:47 AM UTC:

The reason I specified that Knight moves could be used to make the
information unequal is that I thought it added spice.

Suppose 1. e4 e5 2. Nh3; either you have made a touring move or you are
playing a weak move to fool your opponent. Probably it was a touring move,
right?

But next game, having established the pattern, you play the non-touring 2.
Nf3 -- and now your opponent really does not know!

It seemed to me that the possibility of this sort of head game added to
the interest of Touring Chess.

I appreciate also your liking for equal information, now that you explain
it. There could be variants of Touring Chess?