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You can sign up for white or black.
Thinking time 3 days per move, but faster is fine.

Non-orthodox pieces:
I think everybody knows Archbishop (e1), Chancellor (h1) and Guard (f2).
Buffalo (g2) is used in "Chess on a really big board", check here.

On a2 there's the Vertical Mover, which is very simple: moves like a Rook up and down, or steps one square sideways.
(Side mover also exists but we don't use it here.)

Pawn can move 3 steps at intial move.

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I'll sign up as a spectator

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Idrinkyourhealth3 wrote:

I'll sign up as a spectator

Welcome!

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Recommendation: let’s try something new! Maybe we could have teams, with 5 members per team? Also idea of 5 days per move time limit.
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SacrificeEnPassanter wrote:
Recommendation: let’s try something new! Maybe we could have teams, with 5 members per team? Also idea of 5 days per move time limit.

I see you bet big on your longevity

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In this thread, and a few more threads by the same person, a lot of people ask if they can sign up. They can sign up here, where are they?

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Can I please sign up to play as Black?

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GraysonKellogg wrote:

Can I please sign up to play as Black?

Thanks for joining!

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How can I join this thing?

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MaestroDelAjedrez2025 wrote:

How can I join this thing?

Type 'join' here

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join as white plz?

3 days per team move limit

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*per move

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like daily

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Teams

White

@evert823

@SacrificeEnPassanter

Black

@GraysonKellogg

@MaestroDelAjedrez2025

I'll keep this list up to date

We can start tomorrow 28-05

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How do the Teams work? What’s my role in the Black Team?
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GraysonKellogg wrote:
How do the Teams work? What’s my role in the Black Team?

Any team member can discuss here in this thread what would be the best move. If somebody types "I propose ...." then team members can agree or not. If a move is just posted then the move is done and it's the other team's move.

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There’s two people on each team. What if it is tied and the two cannot agree on a move?
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GraysonKellogg wrote:
There’s two people on each team. What if it is tied and the two cannot agree on a move?

Then I'll ask them to make up their mind, and they have 3 days anyways cry

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Did you make this variant yourself, or did you find this somewhere?
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GraysonKellogg wrote:
Did you make this variant yourself, or did you find this somewhere?

This is a selection of pieces from other variants, the pieces used here are not hard to learn and their movement can mostly be found on the Internet. I decided that it's worth trying on a 12x12 board.