24... h6
Yeah, I almost did that. Was your tactic going to be 24... Rxi4 25. Bj3 ?
Bulldog chess - Cat & Mouse - captaintugwash vs Fly-Eagles-Fly
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"Yeah, I almost did that. Was your tactic going to be 24... Rxi4 25. Bj3 ?"
Indeed. It only wins a pawn, you retreat your rook and I grab the piece back, but it's a nice way to win a pawn.
25. Be3
Mar 8, 2018
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captaintugwash wrote:
I could possibly tweak the cat so it can jump two or three, much like the hawk in infinite chess. That stops it being restricted to colour, makes it more agile like a cat should be. Since it can't capture when jumping, this isn't a huge power boost.
Yeah, I think this would be really good.
25... Nc6
Either that or combine the current jump with a knight jump. Perhaps the range of the three-jump is a little much for an 8x10 board. I'll have a think. I do think the cat is a little subdued as it currently is though. The mouse seems fine. I did consider queen move rather than rook, but I'm glad to see that wasn't really necessary. I didn't want to overpower the pieces.
26. g5
I used the board painter to show the options for the cat...
"hawk" style -
and current style + knight -
I think I prefer the bottom one. Agile but not too lethal, and doesn't outrange the knight.
Mar 8, 2018
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captaintugwash wrote:
I think I prefer the bottom one. Agile but not too lethal, and doesn't outrange the knight.
I agree. Either could work, but the second one looks like it would work a little bit better 
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26... 0-0
King moves three, so this is the position after kingside castling...
I'll give you some time to change your mind if you wish, I don't want to be grabbing pawns because you thought king moves two (and therefore rook protects pawn).
Of course, casling is difficult without dropping a pawn, so perhaps you're reluctantly happy to drop the pawn.
No problem.
Which knight?
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All good, updated position after
26... Nge5
White to move...
27. gxh6
I can safely assume you mean 27... gxh6
Also the correct move, I think you collapse if you try 27... Nxd3, I have 28. h7 and can afford to give up the exchange in order to bolster the pawn.
28. Rc3
I could possibly tweak the cat so it can jump two or three, much like the hawk in infinite chess. That stops it being restricted to colour, makes it more agile like a cat should be. Since it can't capture when jumping, this isn't a huge power boost.