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Neutral King Chess
DIR By: ubersketch
Date: April 12, 2018, 7:15 am
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This is another simple variant.
It's all the same as FIDE Chess except the original kings are
replaced by non-royal counterparts.
Instead, a neutral king will be placed in the center.
The goal of this game is to make a turn that checkmates the
neutral king.
Each turn you may also move the neutral king but not into check.
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Re: Neutral King Chess
DIR By: John_Lewis
Date: April 12, 2018, 9:40 pm
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It shouldn't be possible to move the King repeatedly... this can
result in excessive draws.
I do like the idea.
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Re: Neutral King Chess
DIR By: BenR
Date: April 15, 2018, 10:35 pm
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Related:
HTML http://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/neutral-king.html
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Re: Neutral King Chess
DIR By: John_Lewis
Date: April 16, 2018, 8:49 am
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> Related:
HTML http://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/neutral-king.html
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They are dealing with the same problem I mentioned above with
some interesting rules. Two things I would note:
• This game would benefit from having an odd numbers board: 7x7,
with the "grey" King in the center.
[Insert wish for posting boards here]
• I don't like the solutions they come up with for the King's
movement, but can't immediately think of a better one. I do like
the idea, however.
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Re: Neutral King Chess
DIR By: Martin0
Date: April 16, 2018, 2:10 pm
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This is 7x9 instead of 7x7, but does this suit your tastes
@John_Lewis
[img]
HTML https://i.imgur.com/2KzgoSl.png?1[/img]
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Re: Neutral King Chess
DIR By: Martin0
Date: April 16, 2018, 2:17 pm
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The way I would solve the issue with king move repeats is that
after a king move the other player is not allowed to move the
king back to the square the king came from.
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Re: Neutral King Chess
DIR By: John_Lewis
Date: April 17, 2018, 7:55 am
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--- Quote from: Martin0 link ---
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> The way I would solve the issue with king move repeats is that
after a king move the other player is not allowed to move the
king back to the square the king came from.
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It would take some play testing, but I think you could still end
up with square movement.
And yes, I think that 9x7 board looks perfect.
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Re: Neutral King Chess
DIR By: ubersketch
Date: April 18, 2018, 5:44 pm
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This post became way more interesting than I expected.
Lets put a new twist on this variant.
Instead of the king being moved by the players, a number between
1-9 is generated. The number dictates how it will move.
1 - forwards
2 - forwards-right
3 - right
4 - backwards-right
5 - backwards
6 - backwards-left
7 - left
8 - forwards-left
9 - no movement
This should make the game much more interesting. If the King
gets a number which checks it, then a new number is generated.
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