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Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Jul 19, 2012 04:13 PM UTC:
The rules explain that attacked spaces still exist for the King, because otherwise it would be too difficult to checkmate the King. This consideration does not go the other way. Making the spaces the King attacks non-existent to the opponent's pieces makes the King easier to attack, which makes the game more decisive.  Moreover, the rules only specify that the King is exempt from the rule that attacked spaces don't exist for pieces, not that it's attacks on spaces do not make them non-existent. With this in mind, I would say that the Pawn and Knight (assuming it moves as a Knight in Wormhole Chess) are both checking the King. The rules written here recommend the same movement used in Wormhole Chess, which this game has similarities to, and given the similarities, the same movement seems reasonable.