Bulldog chess with Witch (friedmelon - foofooes)

can I castle now?

Check section under "Castling": As usual when castling, all squares between the king and the involved rook must be unoccupied, and this includes the square where the guard or witch is initially positioned. Good idea though.

Obviously this game has to be played with what is written in the rules - so all squares between king and rook need to be empty to castle. (But in other games, it might not be a bad idea to allow it - the witch is transparent to friendly pieces after all).

Then Wc3

thx

a7-a6

I can't move Qa8 because your guard is guarding it

now I know why you call it guard

0-0-0

haha anyway , ga7

We3+

friedmelon, foofooes is not in check.

The witch makes adjacent pieces transparent, but it doesn't mean adjacent pieces can pass through all other pieces. For example (after your move), the circled pieces are transparent, so the queen and rook can pass through one of the pawns, and the bishop can pass through both pawns and the witch (black arrows).

As with all chess games, all legal moves are valid, so the move is accepted, and the board position is below (without arrows).

is qg5 +?

No, See under "Witch(w)": The witch is transparent to friendly pieces.

ok, still, qg5

Qe6+

Now it's probably check

message vickalan

is @ulfnednar1234 and @vickalan playing a game?

Be7

Is there anyone who wants to challenge Superman0101? (HorusTheThird, JayeshSinhaChess, etc?).

I wonder if we can find 3 more players, and expand the tournament below to make it 8-way. That would really give the champ some credibility (a "Grandmaster" of the witch so to speak). I'm currently in a game with evert823, so the first 2 games are in progress.

If nobody answers, I'll play Superman. Outside of the tournament, there can be other games and they will be used for newcomers to earn the "rights" to challenge the champion (once we have one).