Game Reviews by j_carrillo_vii
Excellent Antoine! Thanks! Does it enforce that only one Bishop can castle per side?
Thanks Antoine. = = = I just received today in the mail an original Spanish copy of Gabriel Vicente Maura's 1973 3rd edition 'Mathematical Thesis for Modern Chess including the Prime Minister'!!! I found it in a Library of Antique Books in Madrid, Spain. Nice little book (it's only 48 pages long). It has Gabriel Vicente Maura's 'mathematical' explanation of why the chess board needed to be increased in size to 9x9, why a new powerful piece needed to be added to the game, and why that piece needed to be a Prime Minister (Bishop + Knight). Interesting 'mathematical' theory. I'll digest it first, and post a summary of his theory.
I love H. G. Muller's missing link theory! Actually makes sense! Even if it's not the case, makes for a nice little story to tell about this game.
This story goes well with the 1508 painting.
Good to see the Sissa in action again! Love the new symbol for the Sissa! Very interesting new piece the Sorcerer Snake... It feels like a longer range Knight, yet it's not a leaper, and is a cousin of the Sissa, as the path to it's destination square must be unobstructed. The Sorcerer Snake's movement is actually easy to learn, and understanding it can make it easier for beginers to learn the more complex movement of the powerful Sissa. Well done Charles! PD. Just curious why didn't you also improved the Bishops and made them Wazir-Bishops (since you improved the Knights)?
Nice! The Bunker Leap is simple, yet efficient! I like it! Do you have any special notation to denote this leap? i.e. Kd>>g1 or something like that? I will adapt this rule to my Contemporary Random Chess game, which already features symmetrical castling with the King ending on the b & g squares. Well done Charles!
I agree about the confusion regarding the pawns. Probably a copy and paste of rules from the Modern Shatranj page, as not even the pieces in the diagram match the ones in the game in the tournament. But in the first paragraph it does say that the game uses modern pawn rules (= 2 squares initial move + en passant). Regarding the Elephant, I wouldn't call it a 'Bishop' like piece that can jump. It's actually an Alfil (that jumps) that can also play like a Ferz.
This is an interesting twisting rule that can be applied to any variant. Well done Tony!
I would play it on 9x9, it reminds me of Modern Chess (with reverse symmetry).
Of course, Bishops would start up on same color squares. You are using Carlos Cetina's Bishop Conversion Rule to solve that problem.
Two other options you can try are:
- Bishop Adjustment Rule
- Using Ajax Bishops instead of regular Bishops
What do you call this variant? Frolov Chess!
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I present: Frolov Chess - Ajax Bishops Variation
With Ajax Bishops (Bishops get an additional one-step non-capturing orthogonal move (Wazir)).
I like the name Chancellor better for the N+R, and ArcBishop for the N+B compound.
Like Ajax Chess, this variation uses reverse symmetry. The initial placement of Chancellor and ArcBishop can be interchanged, but reversed symmetry must be maintained.
Pawns can move one or two steps at any time until reaching (but including) the middle (5th) rank. This will create several new opportunities for en passant captures.
This means that a white pawn at e5 can play e5-e6 or e5-e7; but a white pawn at e6 can only play e6-e7.
Does anyone want to play a game?
http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/play.php?game%3DFrolov+Chess+-+Ajax+Bishops+Variation%26settings%3DAlfaerie
Joe,
I find this Shatranj variant very interesting.
I created preset which enforces the rules:
http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game%3DModern+Shatranj%26settings%3Dcarrillo
The only difference in my implementation of the rules is that Pawns can only promote to Generals (to keep more of a 'shatranj-ness' flavour).
My rating is specific to the Davidson Variation of Chaturanga.
If Davidson was correct (about Kings being able to move into check and to be captured), this would make an interesting alternative evolution story from Chaturanga to Shatranj, which makes a nicer transition story from Chaturanga to Shatranj to Chess.
Chaturanga - Davidson Variation (Rule Enforcing) Presets:
- Original ashtapada Indian board.
- Alternate uncheckered plain Persian board (without ashtapada markings).
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