Check out Modern Chess, our featured variant for January, 2025.


[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ]
[ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ]
[ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]

Comments/Ratings for a Single Item

Earlier ⇧Reverse Order⇩ Later
Lines of Relay (LoR). Chess variant featuring a new type of morphing piece, the Lore apprentice, on a standard board together with the standard pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Apr 6, 2012 01:20 PM EDT:
Testing whether I can post to a user-submitted page.

💡📝Jörg Knappen wrote on Sat, Apr 7, 2012 02:02 PM EDT:
Fine, it works again. Good work, Fergus :-)

Jeremy Good wrote on Sat, Jan 10, 2015 07:31 AM EST:
Did "Ranks of Anti-Relay featuring the mighty Roar" come out?

💡📝Jörg Knappen wrote on Sat, Jan 10, 2015 03:19 PM EST:
No, RoAR didn't come out yet. It turned out to be more difficult than expected to create an initial array that is playable (and it may be impossible in an 8x8 setup).

BTW: Thanks for the PBM setup :-)

HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Dec 1, 2024 05:47 PM EST:

ALoR960

ALoR is the same as LoR but Lore Apprentice only get the moves from friendly ones.

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NBRQL graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=mirror royal=K shuffle=N!BRQK borders=0 firstRank=1 coordColor=#a07d70 lightShade=#714d3f rimColor=#141414 darkShade=#4c4c4c pawn:P:fmW*fceF:pawn:b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,a3,h3,,a6,h6,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7 knight:N:N:knight:b1,g1,,b8,g8 bishop:B:B:bishop:c1,f1,,c8,f8 rook:R:R:rook:a1,h1,,a8,h8 queen:Q:Q:queen:d1,,d8 Auto Lore Apprentice:L:vxWvxDvxHvxWXvxDXvxHXvxWXX:rookinv:a2,h2,,a7,h7 king:K:KisO2:king:e1,,e8

💡📝Jörg Knappen wrote on Mon, Dec 2, 2024 04:46 AM EST in reply to HaruN Y from Sun Dec 1 05:47 PM:

The game with ALoR has a completely different dynamic than the original Lines of Relay. A local material advantage on one side creates aggressive tactical potential and the game can be over very quickly.

I designed the original LoR to be balanced: Moving a Queen to the file h would mobilise both Lore Apprentices, not only the own one.


6 comments displayed

Earlier ⇧Reverse Order⇩ Later

Permalink to the exact comments currently displayed.