Chess on an Infinite Plane (hitthepin - vickalan)

This is game-2 of the 2020 Tournament "Chess on an Infinite Plane".

Rules:

The Pieces:

Black and White each have the following pieces (quantity and name):
1 king
1 queen
2 chancellors
2 rooks
2 bishops
2 knights
2 guards
2 hawks
24 pawns

All pieces move as in classical chess, with the "extra" three pieces moving as follows:

Chancellor (C) - Moves and captures as rook + knight.

Hawk (H) - Leaps exactly 2 or 3 squares in any orthogonal or diagonal direction. The leaping move means it can jump over other pieces.

Guard (G) - Moves and captures the same as a king but is not affected by check.

Pawns play the same and promote at the same rank as in classical chess. White pawns promote at rank 8, and black pawns promote at rank 1. Pawns can promote to chancellor, hawk, or guard in addition to queen, rook, bishop, or knight. Pawns may capture and be captured en passant with the same rules as in classical chess.

Board Setup:
Orange brackets identify the four "classical" corner squares (1,1), (1,8), (8,1), and (8,8).

There is no castling.

There is no fifty-move rule. Draws can only occur from stalemate, threefold repetition, agreement, or a proven case of insufficient material to force checkmate.

All other rules are the same as in classical chess.

Move Notation:
Numeric coordinates are used to identify piece locations as (file#, rank#). Parenthesis are used around each coordinate. Three examples of a move notation:
1) A rook moving from (8,4) to (1,4):
     R(8,4)-(1,4) or R(1,4)
2) A rook moving from (1,4) and capturing a piece on (0,4):
     R(1,4)x(0,4) or Rx(0,4)
3) A pawn advancing from (-1,7) to (-1,6):
    (-1,7)-(-1,6) or (-1,6)

hitthepin plays White. Good luck!

1. (4,4)

Good luck to you too! Let’s see how this goes down.

Thanks for playing. This is my first game of infinite with you, so should be fun.
1.(4,4)...N(6,6)

This is not the first game between vickalan and hitthepin.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/chess-on-an-infinite-plane-hitthepin-vickalan

This reminded me of expanding tic tac toes to 4x4 or more as a kid

Thanks Martin. My mistake.😰 I think I've moded several games with HTP, and it made me forget about that game. I'm very happy to play hitthepin again!😀

I haven't thought about that, but many games and puzzles can be expanded. Most sudoku is 9x9, but I've seen 16 x 16, or 25 x 25. (for sudoku 9x9 is hard enough for me😬).

If this works out well, I definitely would like to see the design on new statues to be a little more reformed and fit with the main statues!

Right now we're looking at a horse head sitting on a castle tower legs, a hawk with a castle tower legs as well, and a guard as a sci-fi looking lighthouse with laser-beam one-eye w/ Lisa Simpson haircut.

There is definitely some more room for some thoughts behind it, preferrable in historic fashion!

2. N(6,3)

Hopefully, this time around will go at least slightly better for me.

lol - I never thought of that.😂

2.N(6,3)...(4,5)

3. (3,4)

3.(3,4)...4x(3,4)

4. (5,3)

4.(5,3)...(2,5)

5.(1,4)...(3,6)

6. (1,4)x(2,5)

6.(1,4)x(2,5)...(3,6)x(2,5)

7. N(1,3)