Chess vs Law

@vickalan

I am a very laid back person, until I sense that something is wrong, or if I start getting the wrong vibes from certain people, then I change.

You are correct, I can be a stubborn man when I want to be, once I make up my mind on a principle then that is it, I will not change it.

Thank you for the invite to play, I must however decline.

The problem is that my mindset is different now, it has been like this for a number of years.

My mind is focused on making a game, it is a very different way of thinking when compared to actually playing any type of game.

I do not need to play test my game with other people, I already did that with a grandmaster a few years ago.

But even the grandmaster does not know any of the important rules.

I only finally cracked the game years later.

Warlord

Here is a game between 2 well known grandmasters.

I like this game for 2 reasons:

En passant

The grandmaster plays b3 on move 30.

This is a move that is legal with my new rule.

The chess engine however wants to play b4 on move 30.

This is a move that is not legal with my new rule.

Why does the chess engine want to play b4 in this position?

Because it wants to change the pawn structure, to block the diagonal to stop Qa3.

The en passant rule is a complicated rule because it may or may not change the pawn structure in different ways.

Stalemate

White is losing the game so he sacrifices both of his minor pieces to get 2 Knights versus King + Pawn.

2 Knights without any pawns on the board is a draw, but if the weaker side has a pawn then it can sometimes be a win because the weaker side can not draw by stalemate.

The grandmaster did this because he knew that the win is very difficult, you need to know a lot of theory.

I see this all the time, players use theory to get a theoretical draw or a position that is very difficult to win.

If you want to be a really strong player then you have to study all this stuff for years.

Or, you could eliminate lots of theory by simply changing one rule.

Stalemate is a win.

Here is the wiki page for the 2 knights ending, enjoy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_knights_endgame

Warlord

Rule # 7 Blocking Pawn Rule

A pawn can not jump over a square that is controlled by an opposing pawn.

I was watching the grandmasters playing in live today.

Here is a game that shows the blocking pawn rule (see post # 1) compared to the en passant rule.

Note the pawns on b7 and f2.

Black never plays the pawn jump b7 to b5.

White never plays the pawn jump f2 to f4.

Note that after white plays a6 the black pawn can jump to b5 because it is not jumping over a controlled square.

You could actually play some games with this rule on chess.com to try it out.

You would however need to know the person you are playing with and agree to replace the en passant rule with this blocking pawn rule.

You would probably need to play a few games to really check it out.

Warlord

Rule # 6 Stalemate is a win

This was today's daily puzzle, I found it interesting.

In this forum topic I have some examples showing how 2 Knights can force stalemate.

White draws because Black can not capture the White Knight, stalemate is a draw in chess.

The variation after 5. Nf6 are chess engine moves, black must avoid capturing the white knight or being forked by the white knight.

This is not an automatic draw for the chess engine because checkmate is still possible, but it is not forced.

If stalemate was a win then black wins by playing 5. ... Nxf6

Did I say that there were four important rules?

Perhaps I forgot to mention some other rules.

Did I forget to mention that there are other important things?

Perhaps I did.

Deflection is an important strategy, as all chess players should know.

Warlord

Keeping the tension.

Here is a recent game from the USA Championships.

Note that white plays d3 with the black pawn on e4, he does not play d4.

This is what I have seen with many grandmaster games and with chess engines.

They often, but not always, avoid jumping over a square that is controlled by an opposing pawn.

They often prefer to keep the tension in the position.

If you watch the video of this round you will see that one of the commentators assumes that the move d2-d4 was played, Starts at 38.00 minutes.

USA Round 5

Warlord

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