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Krieg. Two player game on a four-by-four board. Article. (4x4, Cells: 16) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
HaruN Y wrote at 09:38 AM UTC:
files=6 ranks=6 promoZone=1 promoChoice=K graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=none royal=K extinction=0 borders=0 firstRank=1 darkShade=#6d774d rimColor=#3d4538 holeColor=#3d4538 lightShade=#9ea94a coordColor=#bbbb7d hole::::a1,b1-e1,f1,a2,f2,a3,f3,a4,f4,a5,f5,a6,b6-e6,f6 pawn:P:mWflafloabFboabaflmW:pawn:d2,e2,d3,e3,,b4,c4,b5,c5 pawninv:-:-:pawninv:d6,,f4 king:K:daufdaubsmpafmpafmpafkFdaufdaufsmpafmpafWdaufmpafmpafmpafkF:king:a3,a4,a6,c6,,c1,d1,f1,f3

Interactive diagrams. (Updated!) Diagrams that interactively show piece moves.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝H. G. Muller wrote at 08:11 AM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from Tue Nov 5 02:17 PM:

There's something wrong with the Chu Shogi diagram again.

Can you be more specific? I tried it, and at first glance it appeared to work.


Chickens and Dragons. Members-Only A piece's allowed moves depend on what's on its neighbour squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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HaruN Y wrote on Tue, Nov 5 03:17 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Lion Kingdom War by ProKameron

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=H graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=mirror royal=K shuffle=!DÐĎBK borders=0 firstRank=1 coordColor=#e1d6ba lightShade=#c69452 oddShade=#b16d12 darkShade=#8a4900 rimColor=#140901 snake:P:fmNfF:/membergraphics/MSiconclearinghouse/%snakec.png:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7 dababba:D:D:warmachine:b1,g1,,b8,g8 dragon:Ð:NcQ:dragon:d1,,d8 Hydra:H:WNH:/graphics.dir/alfaeriemisc/wheeler/%hydra.gif: doe:Ď:mQfF:pawninv:c1,f1,,c8,f8 buck:B:mKfcRfW:rookinv:a1,h1,,a8,h8 lion:K:K:lion:e1,,e8

But 960.


Interactive diagrams. (Updated!) Diagrams that interactively show piece moves.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Tue, Nov 5 02:17 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Thu Oct 31 02:46 PM:

There's something wrong with the Chu Shogi diagram again.


Reiwa Dai Shogi. Variant of Dai Shogi with better piece balancing. (15x15, Cells: 225) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🔔Notification on Mon, Nov 4 08:42 PM UTC:

The author, A. M. DeWitt, has updated this page.


Raichu Shogi. A variant of Chu Shogi in which capturing a Lion grants you an extra turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🔔Notification on Mon, Nov 4 08:33 PM UTC:

The author, A. M. DeWitt, has updated this page.


Variants playable against the diagram's AI. (Updated!) Index of variants that can be played against the interactive diagram.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🔔Notification on Mon, Nov 4 08:29 PM UTC:

The editor A. M. DeWitt has revised this page.


@ François Houdebert[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Aurelian Florea wrote on Mon, Nov 4 06:51 PM UTC in reply to François Houdebert from 06:18 PM:

Yes, that is great!


François Houdebert wrote on Mon, Nov 4 06:18 PM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 03:37 PM:

Yes, I meant that these visuals will be easy to use from now.


Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Mon, Nov 4 03:38 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 09:08 AM:

I added a link to this page where the featured variant is on the homepage so people can access it directly.


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Aurelian Florea wrote on Mon, Nov 4 03:37 PM UTC in reply to François Houdebert from 02:39 PM:

I'm sorry, my English isn't the best either, but I think you mean that the said piece will favor their distribution.


François Houdebert wrote on Mon, Nov 4 02:39 PM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from Sat Nov 2 10:25 PM:

The publication of your mnemonic SVGs will favour their diffusion; Well done they are very intuitive


Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Lev Grigoriev wrote on Mon, Nov 4 09:30 AM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 09:08 AM:

So I tried to give the image some atomic flavor by illustrating what would disappear on a capture.

Can I rather send you a screenshot of Lichess game moment with capture? Lichess permits its parts’ displaying even in commercial uses.

This is position from one of my 2298 games (not counting previous accounts with 4000+ played games). I think this image better covers the case of terminating player’s own pieces.

Other reason is that current image on the main page denoting Atomic Chess shows the move which ultimately leads to the lost game (via …Qf6 then 1. f3 Qd4 …# or 2. Kd1 Nd4 c3 Ne2 …#), which isn’t quite good.


H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Nov 4 09:08 AM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from Sun Nov 3 03:23 PM:

Home page still needs edited to reflect this, though. Not sure how to do that.

I made an attempt. It is in the file index.html. Because Atomic Chess has the same start position as orthodox Chess, just displaying that position did not seem very helpful. So I tried to give the image some atomic flavor by illustrating what would disappear on a capture.

Somehow the image refuses to center, though.


A. M. DeWitt's Chu Shogi SVGs. A. M. DeWitt's SVG Graphics for Chu Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🔔Notification on Sun, Nov 3 07:51 PM UTC:

The author, A. M. DeWitt, has updated this page.


Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Aurelian Florea wrote on Sun, Nov 3 03:52 PM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from 03:23 PM:

Also Harun Y has seconded Janggi!


Aurelian Florea wrote on Sun, Nov 3 03:49 PM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from 03:23 PM:

Do you know how to propose Alpaca chess and Janggi? Also how to make my second for musketeer chess?


A. M. DeWitt wrote on Sun, Nov 3 03:23 PM UTC:

Atomic Chess is the featured variant for November 2024.

Home page still needs edited to reflect this, though. Not sure how to do that.


H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Nov 3 09:35 AM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from Sat Nov 2 08:51 PM:

The featured variant textbox is defined near the bottom of login/header.php .


Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Sat, Nov 2 08:51 PM UTC:

I would like to feature Atomic Chess as an example of what pieces with influence can do, but I am not sure how.


Hibernian Chess. Members-Only Missing description (14x14, Cells: 196) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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Chickens and Dragons. Members-Only A piece's allowed moves depend on what's on its neighbour squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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