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Tower Siege: 3D Chess Game. Missing description (8x(8x8), Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Kenneth Fourcell wrote on Tue, Jan 29, 2013 10:06 PM UTC:

Mr. Webb;

Thank you for your swift, and candid response, it is much appreciated. I will try to address your evaluation of my variant.

A. “The opening scenario is unnecessary and inappropriate.” It wasn’t my intention to offend; I grew watching a lot of cop shows and movies like SWAT, my father is a veteran of past wars and a retired police detective team; I enjoyed watching the commando teams repelling down the sides of office buildings, storming and crashing through windows, to take out the bad guys! I have nothing but great respect and humility for the men and women who do the job.

“A force of commandos & terrorists would not bring their King into a battle, nor would the forces be identical.” Yes, this is a theme variant, besides a force of commandos & terrorist would have a King leading them anyway, moreover, chess is a game aren’t both side supposed to be even?

B. “The 3-D board has all the white squares above or below the other white squares in a vertical column”

Yes, the idea was to stack the boards one above the other, like floors in a building.

C. “From your description . . . what is your intention?” All pieces moves as in standard chess, this includes the Queen, I gave the Queen this added power so as to threaten the King -- if the King is unprotected, but only on the same level.

My intention is to reduce the Kings mobility.

Checkmate:

The White Queen above and below prevents the King from escaping. The level with the red edges represents the Queens control. There is no Black Queen.