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Cheskers. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Anonymous wrote on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 08:48 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Great Game

Hans-Wolfgang Loidl wrote on Fri, May 29, 2009 11:37 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Hi Hans,

I just started a Wiki page on cheskers, based on you material here. Have a look and join in editing it. I think this would be a great chance to raise the profile of the game.

BTW we are using it in a programming course: http://www.tcs.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/SS09/Fun/

Let me know what you think!

Hans

Rodrigo Zanotelli wrote on Sun, Dec 25, 2011 10:36 PM UTC:

Sorry about the wrong post.

(zzo38) A. Black wrote on Tue, Apr 23, 2013 06:24 PM UTC:

The description of the camel should probably be its own paragraph like the other pieces are, and it should be boldfaced like the other pieces are.

George Duke wrote on Wed, Apr 24, 2013 11:52 PM UTC:

Thanks A. Black for this call-up a rather early CV era year 1948. The inventor is interesting, mathematician Solomon Golomb, not to be confused with OrthoChessist columnist Harry Golombek, who compiled chess encyclopedia.

Ben Reiniger wrote on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 04:49 PM UTC:

I had not realized that the inventor of this variant is a mathematician. Interestingly, he is also the inventor of polyominoes (of which Tetris pieces are a special case).

H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Apr 28, 2013 08:23 AM UTC:

The fact that you can promote to King (rather than 'Commoner') suggests that there is no distinction between Kings obtained through promotion and primordial Kings. But this makes the winning condition improperly formulated; it should specify you win after capturing all the opponent's Kings. Not just BOTH.

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