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premio53
premio53
Jan 13, 2024
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#41
long_quach wrote:
premio53 wrote:

Backgammon is a great alternative to those chess players who are looking for something exciting

Backgammon is a great game.

I said Backgammon should be played as a triathlon.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-is-boring-lets-change-the-rules?page=1#comment-98612251

It may have an interest for some people but I believe most would rather stick to one category as opposed to mixing diffferent games together.

premio53
premio53
Jan 13, 2024
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#42
long_quach wrote:
premio53 wrote:
long_quach wrote:
premio53 wrote:

Backgammon is a great alternative to those chess players who are looking for something exciting

Backgammon is a great game.

I said Backgammon should be played as a triathlon.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-is-boring-lets-change-the-rules?page=1#comment-98612251

It may have an interest for some people but I believe most would rather stick to one category as opposed to mixing diffferent games together.

I honestly think a triathlon of game is viable.

You yourself said "Backgammon is a great alternative to those chess players."

And people want to change the rules of Western chess, most of which are already in Chinese chess.

Why not have a Triathlon?

I won't argue with that but Fischer Random would be a way to get rid of the "boring" aspect of chess while retaining the basic rules including castling. I'm very much excited to see how the Fischer Random Super Tournament in Germany will turn out with super GM's competing including Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren who is the current champion.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/freestyle-super-tournament-in-germany-seven-top-players-challenge-carlsen

Morkar_the_Northman
Morkar_the_Northman
Jan 13, 2024
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#43
finnsteur wrote:

Competitive chess has been boring for the last 120 years!

So let's change the rules: You cannot play boring if the right move is the exciting one.

I sure do appreciate an original thinker. A breath of fresh air in the stagnant chess world.

Your actual idea sounds like fun, though it may also get boring-ish once the theory is mastered.

I recently posted an idea for a simple 4-player 4-color team variant with the most amazing co-op, which I believe to be the most exciting format that could be played on a chessboard. I just added on IJKLMNOP squares to the board; bottom two allied, and top two allied. If you're interested in its gameplay rules, you can find it near the top of the 'chess news' forums, under 'The greatest thing since Bobby Fischer.'

premio53
premio53
Jan 13, 2024
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#44
long_quach wrote:
premio53 wrote:
long_quach wrote:
premio53 wrote:
long_quach wrote:
premio53 wrote:

Backgammon is a great alternative to those chess players who are looking for something exciting

Backgammon is a great game.

I said Backgammon should be played as a triathlon.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-is-boring-lets-change-the-rules?page=1#comment-98612251

It may have an interest for some people but I believe most would rather stick to one category as opposed to mixing diffferent games together.

I honestly think a triathlon of game is viable.

You yourself said "Backgammon is a great alternative to those chess players."

And people want to change the rules of Western chess, most of which are already in Chinese chess.

Why not have a Triathlon?

I won't argue with that but Fischer Random would be a way to get rid of the "boring" aspect of chess while retaining the basic rules including castling.

Here's the beauty and genius of my idea.

You don't have to invent another game, like Fischer Random Chess.

The games are perfect as they are.

Just play 3 of them in a Triathlon.

You don't have to change anything!

I hear you but that wouldn't get rid of the "boring" aspect of memorizing hundreds of opening moves in classical western chess. The boring part is what people are trying to change and Fischer Random does just that.

Jenium
Jenium
Jan 13, 2024
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#45
finnsteur wrote:

So let's change the rules: You cannot play boring if the right move is the exciting one.

Or you could simply go watching the under 1600 sections. Plenty of "romantic" chess there... tongue

BlunderMaster-123
BlunderMaster-123
Show your flair!
Jan 13, 2024
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#46
With the advent of chess engines, chess is becoming dull due to these memorized theories.
 
Therefore, I propose the newly evolved chess should be like this:
 
  • Still 8x8 board
  • There are 2 Kings. Player wins by checkmating either of the 2 Kings.
  • We need 2 Rooks for the 2 Kings to castle in.
  • The "Queen-side King" can castle with 1 square (rook lands on c1 and c8).
  • Only 1 Knight because it can go to any squares anyway.
  • Still 2 Bishops for light and dark squares (bishops positioned to b1, g1, b8, g8 to match the square colors)

Thoughts?

Oleg_Kovalcuk
Oleg_Kovalcuk
Jan 13, 2024
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#47

WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO INVENT NEW CHESS?!

finnsteur
finnsteur
Jan 17, 2024
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#48

Triathlon are hard because people don't want to learn multiple games.

I think my Idea look similar enough to regular chess to catch up.

The probleme with completely new variant is taht you lose everything you learn like endgame, pawn structure, the center, how to deploy your pieces, classic interaction etc...

Even 360 have this problem where it doesn't really "feel" like chess a lot of the time.

I think this variant will lead to exactly the same position as regular opening in regualar chess do (and so grandmaster would stay the best players thanks to their experience, this wouldn't threaten them).

The only difference being that here you only play the EXCITING positions of regular chess.