Stargate Chess

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Anyone know the best move for white here?

shogi

I could benefit from one of your movies leading up to this position. :-)

ArchbishopCheckmate

I never made the movies. Ed sent them to me in our Discord chats. I don't know how to make the movies.

Here he played Stargate x Qf8 ---> b10, retreats f8 to h6. I played Cxh6 and he played Bxh6 and eventually won. He comes up with these great moves I don't understand how he can be prepared for just about everything. This has to be the most complex variant out there. Or hardest to learn.

ArchbishopCheckmate

I just noticed all the square colors are wrong.

evert823

How does a stargate work?

Grayson1e4e6

Yeah, I had the same question

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shogi

Ed's about to send me a movie of a Stargate game he played recently (not sure if you posted it already, Steven).  :-)

shogi

Neutron Stars are sliders because of this game.

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The old rule was they could go through obstructions on their first move only. 

shogi

In the diagram below, Black has just moved his Pegasus to g3 to deliver check, while also unmasking an attack on White's Sphinx by his Chancellor.  Should White be able to take a piece with his Sphinx while still in check, surrender it, and then move out of check before his turn is over?  Or should White be forced to get out of check immediately by running his King away?  Let us know in the comments!



Here are a few links to greenchess rules relating to double moves and check:https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=double-move
https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=double-move-pawns
https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=monster

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The Stargate Rules are hosted here as a PDF

https://GothicChess.info/Stargate.pdf