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Sunyata Chess - Victory Through Emptiness
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White checkmates Black in six consecutive moves:
Nc3, Nd5, Nxe7, Rg1, Rxg7, Nf6#
Note that Black cannot capture the white knight with Ng8xf6, since this capture would result in the black knight becoming white and, accordingly, the black king would remain in check.
At first glance, this mission seems impossible.
How can the white king even get close to the black pawns and, moreover, then capture some black piece in order to completely dissolve into black?
To find the right path to victory, you need to discard standard chess thinking and switch to something completely different.
Kb5, Kc5, Nb5, Nxc7, Nb4, Rxa7, Kb6, Nc6, Nxd8, Kxc7#
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What does king with allies mean? And does sunyata mean the player that now controls the king wins, or the player that made the capture wins the game? But over all, cool idea. Your variants are always interesting.
T-jankins9522 wrote:
What does king with allies mean? And does sunyata mean the player that now controls the king wins, or the player that made the capture wins the game? But over all, cool idea. Your variants are always interesting.
Thank you!
A king ‘with allies’ has at least one other piece of its original color still on the board.
‘Allies’ = other pieces of the king’s starting color.
If the king is the last piece of its color, it inverts when capturing - the player whose king changed color immediately wins (Sunyata condition).
In other words, a player can win in two ways:
Classically – by delivering checkmate, or
Through Sunyata – by converting all their pieces to the opponent's color.
Forget normal chess—here’s what’s different:
Color Inversion: When any piece (except kings with allies) captures, it changes to the opponent's color.
Progressive Moves: Turns escalate (1→2→3... moves). Checks interrupt the series.
Captures:
Capturing piece flips to enemy's color (except kings with allies).
Player's last remaining king inverts on capture → instant win for player ("Sunyata").
Pawn Promotion:
On 1st/8th rank: Promote normally.
Capture-promotion: New piece keeps color until it captures later.
Winning:
Void State: Eliminate all your original-color pieces (via capture/inversion).
Classic Checkmate: Fail to escape check on first move of a series.
Example:
White’s bishop takes black knight → becomes black bishop.
Black’s lone king takes pawn → turns white; Black wins by Sunyata.
Draws: Standard (repetition, stalemate, agreement).
How many moves must White consecutively play in one series to checkmate Black?
In this position White can deliver checkmate to Black in 7 moves of the series.
However, let us suppose that we are given the task of winning by achieving Sunyata.
Will we be able to dissolve the white king into the Black army, and if so, how many moves will it take?
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