It's a good idea, but what about Checks?
Idea for chess variant
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Hmmm. Maybe if when the position is revealed, being in check is an immediate loss, both kings in check is a draw. Or something. Still some practicalities to figure out.
Definitely. You'd probably like the Chess Variant Encyclopedia, do you have it? Thousands of variants!
There is at least one chess variant where the idea of not knowing what the oponent is doing was already tested.
It is the Kriegspiel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegspiel_%28chess%29
There is a chess variant in which I win. However, few people play it.
Thanks, I will look out for that one. (EDIT: The Chess Variant Encyclopedia, that is)
Amazon don't have one right now [That's where I got mine.] But here's the link anyway. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classified-Encyclopedia-Chess-Variants/dp/0955516803/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292585152&sr=8-1
nearly 400 pages of variants. it's enough for a few lifetimes of fun =]
my favourite from it is 'Earthquake chess'
Where every turn, after their move, the players shake the table with the chess set on
Any pieces that fall off the board, are out of the game
All pieces are placed upright on the square nearest to where they are moved too
xD
I have the Chess Variants encyclopedia second edition. I've read it cover to cover twice, but I don't recall earthquake chess. Are you sure its in there?
Interesting, sounds like it would have some rock-paper-scissors elements.
What was this topic about originally?
My preference for changing the rules to eliminate all the stalemates at the top of the game is to allow pawns to move in any direction but still only one square at a time. This could conceivably have been the rule throughout history and unlike some of the other version's doesn't seem too radical and silly like some of the suggestions i've seen.
I'm not sure if this has been thought of before but I think it would be interesting. Starting from a standard set-up, each player writes down his first 10 moves (or in some way hides the moves from his opponent, maybe putting a screen across the middle of the board). These initial moves are restricted to that player's own side of the board and therefore do not involve captures. In other words, for the first 10 moves you are really just arranging the pieces, trying to improve your position but without knowing what the other half of the board looks like. Then those 10 moves for both players are transferred onto the board (or the screen removed) and the game then continues normally. I think it would be interesting to see what sorts of positions arose from this and how people would try to second-guess their opponent.