doubled dice plays an important role in many games ... I am proposing a small improvement to Dice Chess which will speed up the game in many cases and adds some spices to them ... it can be employed in both 8x8 and 10x10 boards (I think on 10x10 board it would have even more sense)... idea is simple ... two dice should be rolled and each time there are the same numbers on both of them, player can make two moves with the same piece or this double move can be split between two pieces of the same kind ... let's say we got 2 and 2 ... we can jump twice with one knight or once with each knight ... if the numbers are different, the first dice from the left, will play usual role like in standard Dice Chess ... I love Dice Chess like it is, but sometimes I would like something extra to happen, to add more fun ...

Have a nice weekend,

Andy.

AbigailII: buahahahhha, I love you ... Abigail, if you want less annoyance you can always play Tic Tac Toe on 2x2 board ...

Love ya,

Andy.

AbigailII: there is nothing more disappointing than having no response for your creation (here: Up and Down Chess) ... so, I am happy that this version brings you to the discussion board ... and you Abigail used one perfect word for this game, though you probably had different intention ... it's annoying ... yes, I haven't seen more annoying game than Up and Downs ... try to play some classical debuts and you will get what's on my mind ... especially these situations where your attacking piece is Up the screen and attacked piece is Down the screen ... of course I am biased, but let me telll you, this game has the ability to frustrate you beyond any acceptable level, because it forces us to control "two" boards at a time  ... and I think you are wrong ... this game will add some benefits to our collection of chess variants ...

Thanks,

Andy.

pauloaguia: No, these two rows are completely separate ... imagine a line or "river" dividing these two armies ... they never cross this line and play in different directions, up or down ... this is just like regular board but wrapped, so even if you see them touching, in reality they are far away from each other ...

thanks for remarks,

Andy.

here is what I managed this night ... this is a new way of playing chess, around the chess board, kind of spherical ...
No pieces are added, no rules are changed just only our perspective of looking at the board ... imagine that you bend or wrap the board like a tube and the rows of royal pieces of different colors touch each other ... now make this tube flat. You will see white pieces positioned on the upper half of the board and black pieces on the lower part ... (white royals stand on the 5th row, white pawns on the 6th and black royals stand on the 4th row and black pawns on the 3rd row).
White start of course, moving its pieces up the board and emerging on the lower part of the board and black start moving down the board and emerging at the top of it ... it's seen from the white player's perspective ...
I would call it Up and Down Chess ... what do you think about this idea ?

Andy.

go back in time and become Roman Emperor now ... it's a game where you manage your legions and try to break thru the opponent's legions and land on his first row ... be like the famous military genius, Jules Caesar and outsmart your "barbarian" opponent ...

- capturing and moving according to chess rules are allowed ...

- goal: to be the first to land on opponent's first row ...

- placement of legions: row1 (bottom of the screen) 8 queens, row2-8 rooks, row 3-8 knights, row4-8 bishops ... row5-8 bishops

row6-8 knights, row7-8 rooks and row8-8 queens ...

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this is a very tricky, fast game ... watch you legions, they are getting weaker every minute ... use your capturing moves in combination with positional moves wisely ... the last blow can be very quick and unexpexted since CHESS DISCOVERY technic is very powerful in thsi game ...

the goal is similar to many games of breakthru character ... but this time we use the power of all the major chess pieces and the full board ... it's very "juicy" from the very beginning ... unlike Massacre Chess we have one starting position, which allows for some opening theory and study ... it may appeal to many of you who would rather stay away from the chaos ... and of course the GOAL is from entirely different universe ...

Hope you like the idea ...

Andy.

MrWCF: consistency is very important ... I would leave pawns like they are  instead of creating some kind of berolina funny stuff for them ... or, just figure out something "out" of this world for them ... I am curious ...

Andy.

MrWCF:  these modifications make sense ... at least it's clear now who and when inherit what ... but, where is the pawn ? the true power of chess ?

Andy.

talen314: the whole idea looks interesting, but I see some inconsequences ... you say " Queen- Moves like a Queen if unprotected by a friendly piece" and " Pawn - Moves like a Chess pawn if protected by a friendly piece" ... I think there too many things to remember, at least at the beginning of learning this game ... and why pawn's ability to move differs from queen's ? The other thing is knight-bishops swaps ... I would expect something more original than that ... or, why Queen moves only diagonally if protected ?

I understand that the author has the righ to create anything ... but be prepared for questioning ... it's only for the good ...

Don't take me wrong, I like the idea of protected/unprotected pieces and changing their behaviour ... but I think there should be more uniform (easier) way of assigning new tasks for pieces ... the beauty of new chess variant is not in more elaborate and complicated rules but in depth of the game itself that is the result of ... yes, simple rules ... those who would judge your variant will look at the elegance and balance ... elegance refers to the simplicity and beauty of rules and balance to the internal relationships among different pieces and phases of the game ...

ok, now I stop and will not try to be too smart ... (because I am losing elegance and balance, lol)

Andy.

here is the game for those of you who would like to play chess without any fixed positions or opening theory that need to be master ... in this game we start fighting right at the beginning ... it may take one or many moves to win, who knows how pieces are distributed for you ...below are the rules:

1. All the rules for traditional chess apply ...

3. Pieces are distributed randomly (king cannot touch king, bishops on opposite colors) on the chess board, but players can see only white and black checkers instead of pieces ...with the exception of kings ... they are visible ... based on this information first player makes decision as described in point 5 ...

5. White starts first, and by looking at the checkers, and the position of kings, chooses the color to play ... if chooses white, games starts immediately by the other player (with black pieces) and all the pieces on the board are shown ... if player chooses black checkers, the other player has the first move with  white pieces, and the pieces are shown ... this rule ensures that the game is more fair and balanced ...

7. There is a huge tension on the board from the very start, possibly mating positions for immediate use ...

Hope you like it,

since promotion caused some confusion I decided to clear some waters and propose 3 options:

1. pawn CANNOT promote to itself and chosen piece CANNOT promote to itself either ... this way we eliminate 2 pieces out 5 from the availability list ... (still tight rule)

2. I am leaving an open door for another possibilty, that WE decide about our dress when promoting and not the Lady Luck ... this way promotion would be actually abolished and factor of reason introduced ... if this is what you would like to see, I am for it ... (relaxed rule)

3. And the most radical change in the rules: ANY piece reaching the 8th rank can promote to any other piece (chosen) ... random crossdressing stops at this moment and we choose, not Lady Luck ... this way we achieve even better balance between unexpected and known ...

Andy.

pauloaguia: Hi, I am so happy  it confuses you ... it was my goal I stated very clearly ... LET'S HAVE FUN THIS SUMMER ... let's experience something crazy, mysterious, unexpected ... but you are right, this game is in some respect like a quantum theory where you cannot predict anything but probability of any event to happen ... and we live in this kind of world ... in the morning we may get happily married, and in the evening we may end up in the funeral home ... however, what can you expect by moving a pawn ? most of the time ONLY something better, right ? So why to cry about it ? you HOPE for the better and this is what our life is all about ... and promotion is kept in the rules to give you and me some feeling of free will ...

pauloaguia, I thank you very much for your opinion and you are right, that only by testing this game we can fully understand it ... hope Fencer we implement it for us.

Cheers, Andy ...

pedestrian: promotion in Crossdress Chess is nothing special really ... look at the sequence of events ...

1. You move your rook (for example) to the 8th rank, aand it changes to pawn by random chance ... do you agree ?

2. Now, having pawn on the 8th rank, what is the next step according to chess rules ? You choose your own piece that your pawn promoted to ... are we on the same page  ?

3. You choose , let's say a Bishop, putting it in place of pawn, and Lady Luck changes it for a Queen (for example)...

Your suggestion about crossdressing every pieces as usual on the 8th rank make some sense, but this really adds nothing to the original rules ... we can make even a rule , that on the 8th rank WE, not the Lady Luck determine our dress ... and this modification adds some skill factor ... but do we need this ? Do we need to modify dice chess saying that the second 6 in the row allows the player to make his own choice of move ?

Anyway, thanks for your suggestions,

Andy.