2026 WoF Challenge: Lots of Luft

As we all know, WoFs have a very small board, and even if they don't, the color scheme is 4PC (such as in Pac-Chess or Inside the Horror Night). So, I decided to make this challenge, with 4 rules.

1. Must be a board above 6x6 or 8x8 size on BOTH the x and y axis.

2. The color scheme must be B&W.

3. It can have less pieces, just like a usual WoF, or more, which very few accepted WoF variants have.

4. The max time control is the usual max, 2 | 2D.

5. It shouldn’t steal names for other WOFs or NCVs, whether these WOFs or NCVs are competitor variants or not!

Have fun! (I don't think there are any accepted examples yet, if there are, tell me down in the comments below!)

competitor variants:

WOF - Stretch (Exceptional) (VW)

WOF - Guard Baiting (Exceptional) (VW)

WOF - Wof of Why tell me (Requirements not met) (VW)

WOF - Please Don't Take Me Away (VU)

WOF - Amazon Chase (Exceptional) (VW)

WOF - Promotion Sanctuary (VW)

the color identifier for the info of competitive variants:

Exceptional labels are yellow. Exceptional labels are used when a WOF submission of this challenge’s color scheme is 4PC instead of B&W or board size is or is smaller than 8x8 and 6x6 but other rules still apply.

VU labels are green. VU labels are used when a WOF submission of this challenge is submitted in VU.

VW labels are blue. VW labels are used when a WOF submission of this challenge is submitted in VW.

Requirements Not Met labels are purple. Requirements Not Met labels are used when a WOF submission of this challenge’s time control and variant type don’t match each other’s requirements. (NCV’s time control is 60 | 60D and/or less. WOF’s time control is 2 | 2D and/or less.)

And, a competitor variant may only have up to 2 of the tags above, 1 for the rule classifier, (Exceptional) or (Requirements not Met), and 1 for where it was submitted, (VU) or (VW), OR just 1 for where it was submitted, (VU) or (VW).

Overall, I hope you enjoy the challenge and make submissions!

Cool

Luft is german for air wtf

Utopia RP6-7 is one of the example

whats even cooler: submissions in VU or VW (but only these two)

its literally not, its a 6x6

there are no (real) examples of this challenge are there?

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i meant to put that in the title, because a bigger board with less pieces is lots of space, which is a synonym for air, so it all makes sense

Luft is also norwegian for air

Air is also French for air

1.B&W scheme doesn't change anything but most use 4P so you are not letting in potentially a lot of submissions.

2. Max possible bullet tc is 2|2D

you know B&W is not just for aesthetic purposes right?

It's not?

2.1+2D in reality

have you checked out stretch? (yes ik its in 4pc but whatever…)

it is UR, i was asking for ACCEPTED examples

ok you know what? I am counting this as a submission

it is not, really I am not kidding.

you know thats an illegal time control right?