NCP - The Center III

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Games:

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6374563

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6374391

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6374350

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6374225

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6374182

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6374112

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6374062

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6373984

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6373926

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6373781

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6373747

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6373678

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6373646

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6356375

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=6356284

Time Control: 1|5

Rules: checks: 6-7-6-7. Fairy pieces.
no promotion

grasshoppers

Game rules? Promotion rank/options?

there are no pawns lol

Ah, of course. Thanks for editing the post. We'll review it soon.

Wow the middle looks like the center 1 and the outside instead of knights are grasshoppers

wat is ncp?

new custom position

new custom position

promotion is off

We liked the prequels, the Center I and II, for their sharp and complex play. However, this version is lacking in tactical possibilities; red and yellow can give one check, but then it becomes very difficult to deliver checks unless one deliberately walks into a check. This combination of pieces does not work well together; in The Center I, the pieces were closer together, so the kings were easier to corner, and in The Center II, there were knights to enable all sorts of checking sequences. In this position, the checks from the alfil and wazir are easily avoided, and setting up a grasshopper check is difficult. Games will drag on very long due to the difficulty of checking.