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Chess - are draws a problem?

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The Draw Problem and other Flawed Reasoning. The author's intention is to provide an alternative to chess that is not too different from regular chess, but provides a sufficiently unique environment that is even more challenging and exciting. The author is not of the opinion. The author specifically rejects dubious claims that chess is flawed as well as moronic charges that chess is broken! These idiots who barely learned the rules of chess then propose to eliminate the concept of stalemate. Only high ra...

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Palace Ninja Guards

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This game explores the idea of extending the standard 8X8 chessboard to accommodate a pair of new pieces. At the very least, this could be an interesting diversion from orthodox chess. Occupy the rear of the. Which consists of two squares protruding from each side's back rank on the standard chess board. Start Position for white (black mirrors this). Rooks on a1, h1. Knights on b1 and g1. Bishops on c1 and f1. Ninja Guards on d0 and e0. The Ninja Guard’s Moves. Move one or two steps diagonally. If desire...

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Capture the Scepter - An alternative objective

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The idea behind this game was suggested by many before in several variants, but had not reached fruition because of fundamentally flawed assumptions that were made regarding the drawing nature. Of chess . Fortunately, this variant does not attempt to take away any aspect of standard chess that governs draws. Stalemate, 3-move repetition, perpetual check and 50 move draws are all as in orthodox chess. Capture the Scepter is essentially the orthodox game of chess played with the following two ideas:. A 3-t...

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Birds and Ninjas: Checkmate Problems

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White can mate in 2 moves! See Moves of Flying Bomber and Ninja Guard. White can mate in 1 move! See Moves of Flying Bomber and Ninja Guard. When not capturing it moves exactly like a rook (1 or more squares orthogonally over a clear path). It can also jump over an adjacent piece to land exactly 2 squares away orthogonally. (2 space orthogonal leap). The flying bomber eliminates an enemy piece by flying towards it in a unobstructed orthogonal path, and landing on. THE empty square immediately after it.

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Raptors Chess

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Derived from the Latin word raptus, meaning seized or one who seizes,. Is a general term that categorizes two similar groups of predatory birds. Some dinosaurs are also referred to as raptors. In fighter plane technology, the Raptor demonstrates extraordinary breakthroughs in maneuverability and stealth. In Raptor Chess, two pairs of fliers: the Raptors and the Birds each with dual mode movement and capturing abilities compliment each other and create havoc on the board! Raptor Chess Main Start position.

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Asylum Chess - the ultimate Challenge in strategy and tactics!

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Asylum Chess - the ultimate challenge! Asylum Chess is an incredibly challenging 10 by 10 board variant of chess. Standard chess rules apply, but the three new powerful pieces, two of which (the super loony rooks and insane ninja knights) replace the standard rooks and knights, give the game a complete facelift. The Insane Ninja Knight. The Mad Leaping Bishop. An awesome long leaping move plus its original bishop powers characterize this piece . The Super Loony Rook. Read the humorous story here. The nin...

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Wreckage!

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Wreckage is a faster more tactical based chess game played on a larger board with 3 new pieces, Knights with additional stepping powers and a special stronger type of pawn. The Dragon and Detonator start off on the a and j files while the Flying Guillotine and the 5 ninja pawns enter the game via drops. The Detonator too moves passively like a queen or knight, and uses a turn to capture all adjacent pieces without moving. In this fast paced game, not only are the new pieces highly mobile and dangerous, b...

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Super Knights Grand Chess

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Super Knights Grand Chess. This exciting new variant is based loosely on the Capablanca Chess variant but with 3 new powerful pieces: the Super Knights. The inventor of this game, was playing around with the different variations of Capablanca Chess (of which Gothic Chess also belongs) and came up with an intriguing solution: Why not discard the regular knights, replace them with rook-knights. Add a bishop knight. And the very powerful queen-knight (. His favorite queen is the queen knight, but don't unde...

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Birds and Ninjas - a Brand New Horizon for Chess

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Birds and Ninjas - a Brand New Horizon for Chess! In 1400 AD, the Queen sparked the modern revolution of chess. Now in the new millennium, the Bird with its dual capture mode is poised to make a similar impact. The future of chess at least in the large board sense may go towards games like Asylum Redux. The twisting movements of the snake rook, snake bishop, sorcerer snake or the octopus is probably even more intriguing than that of the flying bomber! The two additional squares in the center of each side...