Chess isn't fair - but I can fix it!

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artfizz

Permit black to relax any one rule in the laws of chess - but only one.

JohnClayborn
atomichicken wrote:

White should have to down a shot of Whiskey after every move he takes.


 lol. They have that already...it's called "Irish Chess". ;) I actually have a whiskey shot-glass chess set at home. You put your favorite spirits in the glasses/pieces. And every time you loose a piece, you have to take a shot. It's quite hysterical after a while!

JohnClayborn
Wilio wrote:

Allow black's king to go commando.


 

lol! Just give 'im a kilt and call it good!

RC_Woods

allow the black king to stay/move in check (incapturable on the next move) once for every time white pushes a pawn forward two squares.

JohnClayborn
idosheepallnight wrote:

Black gets to punch white in the face before the first move. That would even things up.


 LOL! Now THATS funny! "Try to move now, with all the blood, and the crying, and the foinlaven!" lol.

RC_Woods

have white play with metal pieces on a metal board and deploy a scaringly strong electromagnet beneath it. Have the required electric current run through board and pieces.

play with insulated rubber pieces yourself.

JohnClayborn
Chessroshi wrote:

cows win 57 out of 100 when facing chickens, but only 48 out of 100 when facing pigs, can someone please help me rectify this barnyard dilemma?


 lol. That's easy. Just have Pigs and Chickens play on the same team employing a vote-chess method for thier team. So it would be Cows vs. Chickens AND Pigs. ;)

rubixcuber

What if on the first move, white makes a move and then black choses whether to move or switch to white?

JohnClayborn
NoRetreat wrote:

how about if we punch each other until someone cries, then that person moves first?


 lol!

bluespiano

Check out the chess set designed by Yoko Ono.  All the pieces are white meaning conflict becomes cooperation as the match progresses.

JohnClayborn
Rodion_Romanovich wrote:

"how about if we punch each other until someone cries, then that person moves first?"

Better yet, every time someone tries to take a piece, both players get up and fight, and the loser loses his piece. (Yes this means if you "checkmate" someone but they beat you in a fight you lose the attacking piece.)

Naturally, there is a bonus for being the attacking player and for higher piece value: For example, if a pawn were to try to take another pawn, one player would have a large stick and the other wouldn't. If a knight tried to take a pawn he would have a sword. Due to the possibility of injury to players, players would be allowed to assemble teams of "pieces" to do the fighting for them.

Not only would this remove the advantage due to white's moving first, it would make chess a more team-oriented sport, AND it would boost the mainstream public's interest immensely. I could visualize this sort of thing making it onto TV...


 lol....it's like a horrible cross between 'survivor' and 'american gladiatior'. They could call it "Who wants to the be the King?" ;) I'd watch that!

JohnClayborn
JaredV wrote:

Your ideas are completely idiotic.


 ...that's kind of the point here...

rooperi

Chess Hooliganism. What's this world comong to?

JohnClayborn
jesuspawn wrote:

my solution:

every peice moves like it should, but attacks in the opposite diection.  rooks with bishops, queens with knights.

bishops move diagonally, but must attack forward or sideways (like a rook)

rooks move sideways and forward, but must attack diagonally (like bishops)

knights move like knights, but must attack like queens

queens move like queens, but must attack like knights

pawns are special.  they can move forward/backward/sideways 1 square. they attack 1 square diagonally. 

like real chess, special rules apply.  ex. en passant or pawns moving 2 spaces 1st move (even sideways!)

and there is one special rule, you can attack your own peices if you want (to get out of checkmate)


...ow...brain hurts...ow. ;)

JohnClayborn
bluespiano wrote:

Check out the chess set designed by Yoko Ono.  All the pieces are white meaning conflict becomes cooperation as the match progresses.


 ...So how would you win?

knight2c4

There isn't anything wrong or flawed about the game, someone mentioned earlier about the even numbered matches is the best thing.  That way both play as w/b equally.

robmarsh
ADK wrote:

White BARELY wins more than Black according to the statistics... We don't need to give White a disadvantage. Black has plenty of compensation for moving second; like deciding the Opening and it's variations.

ADK


I'm with ADK. No changes needed

Erik2

Your rightSmile

rooperi

Sigh...

KeyserJr

Why not give black the first move?