27 Jul 10
There are in my opinion a couple of oddities with the rules that make no sense:
1) A piece pinned to the king cannot move. Surely if it is protecting a piece checking the enemy king, it would still not be able to move if the enemy king captures the checking piece - how about said situation resulting in a draw due to the ensuing mutal check?
2) If it took 99 half-moves to checkmate somebody, surely they'd move away, triggering a draw by the 50 move rule (the present board situation always taking preference to future moves).
27 Jul 10
Originally posted by AndreliousIf you make rule change 1, then you should also change the rule about winning. You do not win with checkmate, but capturing the opponent's king.
There are in my opinion a couple of oddities with the rules that make no sense:
1) A piece pinned to the king cannot move. Surely if it is protecting a piece checking the enemy king, it would still not be able to move if the enemy king captures the checking piece - how about said situation resulting in a draw due to the ensuing mutal check?
2) If it ...[text shortened]... raw by the 50 move rule (the present board situation always taking preference to future moves).
If there's a checkmate to be had and you can't get it done in 50 moves, then there's a problem.
27 Jul 10
Originally posted by gorookyourselfThis piece already exists and is called an Amazon, or Maharajah. There are various variants which use it.
Nothing should be changed.
If anything is changed, I would allow the Queen to also be able to move like a Knight, which would make it move like every piece. That is all.
27 Jul 10
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Originally posted by AndreliousI would call it the Queen, because that is what it is.
This piece already exists and is called an Amazon, or Maharajah. There are various variants which use it.
The Queen used to move one square at a time and I think it was called the Queen back then. So why would we think we could rename it?
27 Jul 10
Originally posted by gorookyourselfBefore chess was standardised the Queen in the Russian version could move as bishop, rook or knight.
Nothing should be changed.
If anything is changed, I would allow the Queen to also be able to move like a Knight, which would make it move like every piece. That is all.
27 Jul 10
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Originally posted by wolfgang59I wonder why they never kept it that way? Not that it is better, it's just the only change I could deal with. Extra pieces or that 960 crap would drive me away. I don't think the Chess world would miss me though. 😉
Before chess was standardised the Queen in the Russian version could move as bishop, rook or knight.
27 Jul 10
Originally posted by AndreliousIncorrect. The only piece that cannot legally move when pinned to the King is the knight. All other pieces, including pawns, are able to be moved along the vector of the pin, even capturing the piece that is effecting that pin.
There are in my opinion a couple of oddities with the rules that make no sense:
1) A piece pinned to the king cannot move........
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