Move series / multimove idea to speed up large board chess games

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evert823

While playing a chess variant on a very large board, or a large Shogi variant, we could consider to allow more moves in one turn, in a way that does not have the awfull inbalance and complexity of Progressive Chess.

What I here propose is that a series of moves is allowed under these conditions:
- No move within the series introduces a new attack on an enemy piece (including check on the enemy King)
- No move within the series resolves a current attack on a friendly piece (including resolving check on the own King)
- No move within the series captures an enemy piece
- No move within the series induces a special influence on an enemy piece (like freezing a piece, making something transparent, if such pieces participate in the game)
- No move within the series removes a special influence from an enemy piece on an own piece
- The series of moves is done within the time control for one move
- Perhaps, but not necessarily, the series are bound to some maximum number of moves.

Example

White to move, pawns can advance 4 squares on the first move.

A legal series for white would be:
g7, h7, i7, j7, Di3, Di4, Di5, Di6

What is the rationale for this idea?

Some maneuvers take a lot of moves but execute singular ideas.
I want to advance all my pawns.
I have some slow stepper and I want to get it in the center.

So now these things can get accomplished quickly and games can develop faster.

Where could we use this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi_variant#Large-board_variants

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-variants/chess-on-a-really-big-board-56106206

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/30x30-bulldog-chess-game-with-all-pieces-thegreatauk-vs-rychessmaster1

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/16x16-bulldog-chess-team-game-with-lots-of-pieces

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-variants/chess-on-an-infinite-plane-samuelysfung-vs-jdh1

 

Thoughts?

Chushoudelu

but can't the other side utilise this and change their plan though

evert823

I included the condition "No single piece is moved twice or more often during the series" but my example has the Dwarf doing 4 moves within one series. I'll rethink that part.

evert823
TonyL103 wrote:

but can't the other side utilise this and change their plan though

Yes, what's the point in that?

evert823
evert823 wrote:

- No single piece is moved twice or more often during the series

There's no good reason to include this condition.