17. Bd3
*gulp*
Grasshopper Chess (game: cobra91 - vickalan)
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17...Gxd3
18. Nxg6
18...Nxf3+
19. Kf2
19...Gxg6
20. Kxf3
20...Gxa3
21. Gc4
a pawn being pinned? (something new I believe won't happen in normal chess).
21...Gg4+
I wouldn't really call this a pin; it's more like an "anti-discovery". I can't capture the grasshopper because its move "anti-discovered" a check from another grasshopper. There's certainly no equivalent tactic in normal chess, but I'd say the closest relative is probably the ordinary discovery...
...says the guy getting utterly destroyed at a game he claims to understand. 
Ah, well...
22. Kf2
You're right, a discovered check (or anti-discovered) is a better name for it. I had to think if there was an equivalent tactic in normal chess - and I agree - seems to not be one.
22...Gg1
23. Gxh6
23...Gxb4
24. Bxg5
It seems you've completely outplayed me in this game, so well done. Barring an unimaginable mishap of some sort, Black should now win easily.
By pieces, I think were within 2 points of each other (difference is bishop over pawn).
What's interesting in this game is fast rate of taking pieces. 24 captured in 24 moves. (but game isn't too short because it starts with the +16 grasshoppers)
Well, in Infinite Plane I have not played as well.
My only hope there (barring inaccurate play by you) is if I somehow have a hidden positional advantage, but I'm beginning to think that's too optimistic.
What's interesting in this game is fast rate of taking pieces. 24 captured in 24 moves. (but game isn't too short because it starts with the +16 grasshoppers)
Well, in Infinite Plane I have not played as well.
My only hope there (barring inaccurate play by you) is if I somehow have a hidden positional advantage, but I'm beginning to think that's too optimistic.
24...Bxh6
25. h4
25...Bxg5
16...Nd4