Bulldog chess with Witch (Arjun and Huanglz)
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Did you think e5 is the king's pawn, which is the black queen's file in this game?
Diagram looks OK to me, but let me know if there is a mistake.
White's move now...
Good observation. Anytime the board is not symmetric (like the guard is on one side and the witch on the other) I think switching Black's king and queen is better. Basically the board is changed from mirror symmetry to rotational symmetry, so each player's guard is same distance to king.
Diagram updated:
D5
Nc3
Oops
I mean e4
Please be careful about your posts. Normally a first post counts.
From here on I plan to enforce all rules of correspondence play, which can be found (here).
Bg5
Can we draw?
H6
G6
This thread is for a game of "Bulldog Chess with Witch" between Arjun and Huanglz.
Game rules:
Board: 10 x 8 (see image below).
The pieces:
Guard (G) - Moves and captures like a king.
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.
Board Setup:
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 (revised from early games):
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 (white: d1 or h1; black c8 or g8). All squares between the king and the involved rook must be unoccupied, with the exception of the witch (a witch is transparent to pieces in her own army so castling across the witch is allowed).
Other rules of this game are identical with rules of classical chess
Huanglz offered to play first, so Arjun plays white.