Big Dog Tournament game: SuperSam1 vs. JohnHS. Quarterfinal!

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Bulldog Chess with Witch game between SuperSam1 (white) and JohnHS (black).

Game rules:
Board: 10 x 8 (see image below).
The pieces:
Guard (G) - Moves and captures like a king.

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Witch (W) - The witch is transparent to friendly pieces, and she also makes all adjacent pieces (friend and foe) transparent to friendly pieces (but pieces are not transparent for the witch). The witch does not capture other pieces, but she can be captured. Although pieces are not transparent to the witch, she is very agile; she combines the movement of queen, knight, and can jump orthogonally and diagonally two squares. Transparency of a piece means that other pieces can move, attack, and capture right through the piece.

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Board Setup:

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Note the position of Black's king and queen are switched compared to classical chess. This is so the guard and witch are equal distance to each player's king and queen.

Castling:
The rules of castling are similar as in classical chess, however, with the board 10 squares wide, the king travels three squares rather than two. The rook finishes adjacent to the king. All squares between the king and the involved rook must be unoccupied, with the exception of the witch and pieces made transparent by the witch.

Misc: Pawns play the same as in classical chess. Pawns can promote to queen, rook, bishop, knight in addition to guard and witch. Promotions are unlimited (not restricted to pieces that have been captured).

Other rules of this game are identical with rules of classical chess.  Good luck, SuperSam1!

SuperSam1

Who plays white?

SuperSam1

f4

Martin0

I can mod this game

SuperSam1

Thanks Martin!

JohnHS

1. ... f5 

Thanks a lot Martin0!  I'll try to make this game interesting so it's worth your time to watch.  A miniature would be nice!  grin.png

SuperSam1

Bb3.

Don't worry, it will be.😎

JohnHS

Hey, no advice, ry.  But I was intending that move.  However ...

2. ... Bxb3

For a moment I thought colors were reversed and Sam had just hung his bishop outright!  ("Wait, that's the Tomato gambit?")

SuperSam1

N×B

Martin0

1.f4 f5

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Martin0

2.Bb3 Bxb3

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Martin0

3.Nxb3

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JohnHS

3. ... Wg6

SuperSam1

Qg3

JohnHS

4. ... e5

SuperSam1

e3

JohnHS

WFB

JohnHS

Ahem.  

Martin0

3...Wg6

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Martin0

4.Qg3 e5

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