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Using the boardpainter ... https://musketeerchess.net/tools/boardpainter/

Here we playing in chess variants, also in musketeer chess

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/musketeer-chess-pieces-in-other-colours-then-ivory-white-cream-and-black A Kickstarter is about to be launched to make available the 30 Musketeer Chess Pieces and the alternate designs for Pawn (Next Gen Pawns available actually in 3 colours and 14 different designs). If the Goal is reached, there will be a presale of the next 16 pieces i'm currently developing and these pieces will be also available in ivory black cream and the seven rainbow colours. More colours are also possible, depends if we hit our goals.

Here's a chess diagram I made. Chess is becoming more dynamic by the day. I wonder where the boundaries of fantasy and reality will converge in the future!

I managed to connect the Jocly user interface with the minimalistic turn-based server I had, so that it is now possible to play games between remote opponents. The web applet for that is currently set up at http://hgm.nubati.net/jocly/jocly-master/remote.html . Press the Help button if you want to know how to use it. I hope to be able to further develop it into a real-time server that would relay moves instantly, so that faster games would also become practical. For now it only allows 10-day games.

My opinion: 1. Dragon 2. Chancellor 3. Spider 4. Fortress 5. Leopard 6. Archbishop 7. Hawk 8. Elephant 9. Cannon I kind of forgot what the tenth piece was.......

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Hi Black to move. What's your opinion about this position? Is the Fortress superior equal or inferior to the Archbishop? Why?

Hi, The best 8 players on Jocly joined to play a double round robin tournament to determine the best player. I'm willing to make another tournament. Those who are interested please mail me to musketeerchess (a) gmail . com

Hello. Just thought I'd post to make it a little more public: I'm rewriting that musketeer chess article I did a while back. Not been asked by anyone to rewrite it, I don't really have a specific reason other than I think it could use with a few wee touch ups here and there. I've also got other important things to focus on, so it may be a long time before this redraft is finished. Nothing will be changed as far as content goes, although if there's anything that you think should be added (games, mates, strategy, etc.) don't hesitate to respond here or via PMs.

http://musketeerchess.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=478

Hi Here are some pictures of the next Musketeer Chess series2. The Dragon:

2018 is heading for us fast, and with 2018 comes the awaited expansion pack for musketeer chess. Now, some of us have been participating in a thread set up by Dr. Haddad to brainstorm how some of these pieces could move. There's a lot of creative ideas (I mean a LOT), generated by genuine enthusiasm; but, to assure that these pieces are balanced and won't spoil the game's flow, I think a little bit of playtesting between interested players is needed, to see if our ideas work out in practice. Our ideas definitely talk the talk - but do they walk the walk? Hence the title of this thread. I propose this thread as an open invitation for anyone to playtest with me some of the new musketeer pieces that I have suggested. For these movement patterns to be accepted as truly worthy of fitting the pieces they're assigned, they need to be playtested to see how they hold up against the current piece roster. With this playtest game, there's only 1 change in the rules that must be followed - one of the chosen musketeer pieces has to be one of the following: Mammoth - King + Knight (M) Camel - King + (1,3),(3,1) leaper (CM) Zebra - Knight + (2,3),(3,2) leaper (Z) Lioness - Queen+ Dabbaba + Alfil (L) Blunderbuss - Inverted Cannon (King + Alfil + narrow Knight) (BL) Scorpion - Inverted Spider (R2 + Knight + Alfil) (SC) (the blunderbuss and scorpion are just placeholder names for now - it's the piece that counts!) Explaination behind each of the movement patterns: Mammoth - mammoths are extinct relatives of the elephant, so its move should be a bit similar to the elephant. The elephant is K+A+D, the mammoth is K+N; Camel - You could just have this be a regular (1,3) leaper, but most of the musketeer pieces are worth about a rook or more in value. I want to maintain the value ratio among the musketeer pieces. According to a post made by Dr. Haddad (https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/musketeer-chess-relative-piece-value, #5) K+C is worth as much as a Leopard, or 6.7 points; Zebra - Meant to serve as a counterpart to the unicorn. The unicorn is N+C, and to date I don't know of any relevant contemporary variants featuring the Zebra piece (that is, the (2,3),(3,2) leaper). It's a two in one! Lioness - Typically the Lion is seen as the K+A+N+D compound, very strong. I see the Lioness as being a piece whose value is halfway between a queen and a lion. Well, Q+N is already taken with the dragon, so why not go for the next best thing and implement the Q+A+D compound? It's worth slightly less than a dragon, but it's not as controlling, allowing for perhaps more tactile play; Blunderbuss & Scorpion - see https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/new-piece-rules-and-combos-your-advice-is-needed?page=3 (#43) for my thoughts.

The Spider wins as it can mate alone. In such endings, it's superior to the Queen. 1. Hd6+ Ke6 2. Hd3 Sf4 3. Ha3 Se3+ 4. Kb2 Sc4+ The Hawk is lost and the mate will follow easily. Be careful of stalemates ! 5. Kc3 Sxa3+ 6. Kd4 Kd6 7. Ke4 Sc2+ 8. Kf5 Se2 9. Kf6 Se4+ 10. Kf7 Sg4 11. Kg7 Ke6 12. Kh7 Kf6 13. Kg8 Sg6 mate

spider should prevail always because of it's outstanding mating capabilities ! 1. Kd2 Sc5 2. Ke1 Se7 3. Kf2 Sf5 4. Rf1 Sd4+ 5. Kg3+ Kg5 6. Rf8 Se6 7. Rf1 Se4+ 8. Kh3 Sg4+ 9. Kg3 Se3+ 40. Kf3 Sxf1+

The chancellor is superior but lets see it

I will post the moves while they happen 1. Spider Unicorn 2. Spg0 Spf9 3. Uc0

Any encounters?