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Adrian Alvarez de la Campa wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 04:31 AM UTC:
I'm currently playtesting a new game, in which pieces move one square south after their normal move. I had thought of naming it Gravity Chess, but there is already a game with that name. I'm tentatively calling it 2g Chess, but the g could be confused with grams. And One Step Back Chess is a little boring. So...any suggestions for a better name?

Here is the game log.


Greg Strong wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 08:57 AM UTC:
landslide chess?  falling chess?  retroactive chess?  sliprey slope chess?

Adrian Alvarez de la Campa wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 03:08 PM UTC:
Landslide Chess...I like it. Thanks Greg!

Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 08:47 PM UTC:
Retrograde Chess? Like the planets, you expect a normal move, then the
weird back-swing. Quick question, how will a Pawn or King advance?

Adrian Alvarez de la Campa wrote on Sat, Oct 14, 2006 06:17 AM UTC:
The only way a King can advance to the next rank is by using another piece as a 'stepping stone' and moving diagonally in front of it.

The Pawn on the other hand is the one piece with adjusted movement ability: it captures normally but now it moves two squares forward without capturing and can jump over an intervening piece. This means of course that Pawns must be blocked from two squares away, not one.

One interesting result of the landslide effect is that Pawns in many cases will defend each other side-by-side instead of in the traditional Pawn chain.


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