NCP - Dark Night

Please make the walls transparent

Rules: Pawns promote on the 10th rank, promotion to MVRB

Time Control: 2|15D

Note: Its like standard game except no queen and pawns promote to General, WildBeast, Rook and Bishop and there is a custom starting position.

Links:

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8857250-159
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8957056
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8957199
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8961439
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8961603
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8973911
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8974513
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8974637
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8974707

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8976563

PGN4

[StartFen4 "R-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0-{'pawnsBaseRank':3}-3,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,3/3,yR,yN,yB,yN,X,yK,X,X,3/3,yR,yP,yP,X,yB,X,X,X,3/X,X,X,X,yP,yP,yP,X,yP,X,X,gR,gR,X/X,X,X,X,6,gP,gP,gN,X/X,bK,X,bP,6,gP,gP,gB,X/X,X,bB,X,6,gP,X,gN,X/X,bN,X,bP,6,X,gB,X,X/X,bB,bP,bP,6,gP,X,gK,X/X,bN,bP,bP,6,X,X,X,X/X,bR,bR,X,X,rP,X,rP,rP,rP,X,X,X,X/3,X,X,X,rB,X,rP,rP,rR,3/3,X,X,rK,X,rN,rB,rN,rR,3/3,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,3"]
[Variant "FFA"]
[RuleVariants "DeadKingWalking EnPassant Prom=10 PromoteTo=MVRB"]
[CurrentMove "0"]

FEN4

R-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0-{'pawnsBaseRank':3}-
3,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,3/
3,yR,yN,yB,yN,X,yK,X,X,3/
3,yR,yP,yP,X,yB,X,X,X,3/
X,X,X,X,yP,yP,yP,X,yP,X,X,gR,gR,X/
X,X,X,X,6,gP,gP,gN,X/
X,bK,X,bP,6,gP,gP,gB,X/
X,X,bB,X,6,gP,X,gN,X/
X,bN,X,bP,6,X,gB,X,X/
X,bB,bP,bP,6,gP,X,gK,X/
X,bN,bP,bP,6,X,X,X,X/
X,bR,bR,X,X,rP,X,rP,rP,rP,X,X,X,X/
3,X,X,X,rB,X,rP,rP,rR,3/
3,X,X,rK,X,rN,rB,rN,rR,3/
3,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,3

Hope it gets accepted this time. I tried my best to make this variant fair enough

Apparently this game is quickly resigned?

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8961540

Edit: 2 players flagged/resigned on the 3rd move lol

@ChessMasterGS, @1Username2awesome3, @Hitsar_Pride, @race100000, please read the updated requirements. @CGA gave so many links to that thread! He even gave the links to the specific points of the requirements!!

@ChessMasterGS, @1Username2awesome3, @Hitsar_PrideStop, please stop confusing other people by giving wrong information. Moreover, if you want to discuss cgabot, you are welcome, but please do it on the other place.

@race100000 posted a new custom position. That's great! Let's focus on it, play some games and leave a feedback (but not "looks good", @angelo_5113).

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nice that teaming is harder in this variant

1. You didn't just do that...new requirements came out hours ago XD

2. Could we...change the name? The other Dark Knights and I feel like our copyright has been infringed upon

3. I will say this has a fun opening but levels off after a while. Im no expert, but my guess is because it is hard to mate (bishop and king block any attacking bishops) without promoting, which is difficult to do. I like the position overall tho, should get accepted after a revision or two

what am I supposed to say then

yes and the only pawn which is next to two rooks makes the game slow

@CGA I have added a new game link and removed the link where 2 players resigned on the 3rd move. Please review.

Comments above

Urrrm, you know that @CGA is a bot, right?

I've made a couple of edits to your post:

1) Pawn starting rank is not a gamerule, so doesn't need to be included in that list.

2) The text "rules" and "time control" need to be followed by commas: "Rules: prom..." instead of "Rules - prom..."

3) Promotion rank and promotion options need to be listed separately, spliced by commas: "Promotion on the 10th rank, Promotion to MVRB" instead of "Promotion on the 10th rank to MVRB"

In case you haven't seen, we now have a bot monitoring new position threads, and the format of how the bot checks the requirements can be a bit picky. More information in this thread.

It is my hope that these edits appease master @CGA.

(Also, you can always count on the human CGAs to help out with this sort of thing, but we'll ask that when possible, you try to follow the guidance in the future)

yes

Thanks @grable I appreciate your help!

We've tested the position. It's a lot of shuffling, and the opening is mostly a battle against the starting position, instead of the other players (trying to untangle the maze and get to a good attacking position).

Besides that, checkmates aren't likely with any set of players who aren't prone to blundering. Even the promotion options make it difficult to break into the king's fortresses without help from another player, so the endgames are likely tedious, long, and would often be repetition, or 50-move rule conclusions, leaving the highest point-scorer the winner. Not a scenario we can accept.