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Bluescreen_Amber

Jul 24, 2023

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Use the several knights surrounding the board to checkmate the trapped royal pawns. A common theme I discovered is that that most games resulted in a checkmate on either of the "indents" in the royal pawn "box" in the center. It is possible to checkmate from other spaces, however, and this can be used to your advantage if the opponent is focused on the "indents". I apologise if I have accidentally submitted this multiple times, or if something is done incorrectly. I am new to this. Any feedback on the game would be appreciated.

Python3-12-7

Jul 24, 2023

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Just wait

CGA

Jul 25, 2023

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Status: Declined

Reason: The game is a trivial forced win for white, and the openings are forced.

zisal2029

Jul 25, 2023

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This seems imbalanced since too many knights attack the center of the board. Besides, have you seen Cross Derby?

Bluescreen_Amber

Jul 25, 2023

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zisal2029 wrote:

This seems imbalanced since too many knights attack the center of the board. Besides, have you seen Cross Derby?

That is fair. I have seen cross derby before (albeit after making this), but I figured this was different enough to still be interesting, even if it shares the concept of trapped kings that can only be checkmated with knights.

zisal2029

Jul 25, 2023

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Bluescreen_Amber wrote:

zisal2029 wrote:

This seems imbalanced since too many knights attack the center of the board. Besides, have you seen Cross Derby?

That is fair. I have seen cross derby before (albeit after making this), but I figured this was different enough to still be interesting, even if it shares the concept of trapped kings that can only be checkmated with knights.

But what I view this as is quite a spammy position where through trades and sacrifices players can use their knights for huge material advantages. Have you thought of that?

Bluescreen_Amber

Jul 25, 2023

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zisal2029 wrote:

Bluescreen_Amber wrote:

zisal2029 wrote:

This seems imbalanced since too many knights attack the center of the board. Besides, have you seen Cross Derby?

That is fair. I have seen cross derby before (albeit after making this), but I figured this was different enough to still be interesting, even if it shares the concept of trapped kings that can only be checkmated with knights.

But what I view this as is quite a spammy position where through trades and sacrifices players can use their knights for huge material advantages. Have you thought of that?

I'm sorry, I meant you posed a fair point. Not that what I did was fair. Upon seeing your comment, I have realised this. After the game is reviewed, I will try to fix this issue.

zisal2029

Jul 25, 2023

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My definition of “spammy position” is a board at least 80% covered in pieces. In WFT only 100/136 (25/34 ~ 73.5%) of the board is covered with pieces at the start. Here 106/116 squares (53/58 ~ 89%, 89% > 80%) is covered with pieces.