FlowerFlowers wrote:
imagine if the knight could move two and then one, diagonally, that would be interesting
That's the move of the camel in Tamerlane's chess.
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Oct 23, 2010
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#123
jeljr26 wrote:
Crosspinner wrote:
Elroch wrote:
I just thought of a funny idea. How about finding someone to play a casual game of chess with and then every time there is a legal capture that they don't make, remove the piece from the board with a dead straight face, and tell them that's part of the official rules. [This is the "huffing" rule that used to be part of the rules of draughts/checkers]
It would be a fun variation.
With all due respect, this would be ridiculous and senseless. It would be embarrassing playing chess with checker rules.
"Ridiculous"? "Senseless"? "Embarassing"? That's harsh.
So, I guess this game http://www.chessvariants.org/diffobjective.dir/giveaway.html
wouldn't be your cup of tea.
Once I chekmated a guy with my queen and, instead of just finishing the game, he captured it with his king, placing it next to my own king, that was supporting the queen.
I looked at him thinking of WTH he was doing and I realised he was waiting for me to capture his king, as if the checkmate is only complete when the king is captured.
Well, I just did it and won...
Oct 23, 2010
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#125
Writch wrote:
Crosspinner wrote:
Actually, I have annoyed two wives, too. My first wife died, but not from being annoyed.
It is good to know that I am not alone in this important crusade....
We're still talking about fixing chess pieces, right? I mean, a crusade against wives may not go over so well.
Correct. I am very happy with my wife.
pathfinder416 wrote:
batgirl wrote:
"Appearently he thought one had the option of moving a pawn two squares or two pawns one square each on the first move!"
Now that's weird. He must have been playing with Canadan Rules.
Everyone coming to a tournament in Canada should be forewarned that our boards are 9x9. And you get three touches before the touch-move rule applies ... not four.
it's colder here too, does touch move count if you are wearing mittens?
oginschile wrote:
I used to play casual chess games at work with a guy who thought it was cowardly to castle. He didn't think it was cheating, but he made all sorts of unpleasant noises whenever I castled to show his displeasure.
En Passante was always the big one with me and my "casual" chess playing friends.
But the pinned piece is an interesting one. I had quite a conversation with one opponent here on chess.com because he was quite sure chess.com had a bug. He wanted to move his king to a square that was covered by my pinned knight. His logic of course was, his king should have access to that square because by taking his king, I would be leaving my king in check, therefore it would be an illegal move.
The logic of course is faulty, but somehow this made perfect sense to him. I never heard whether he took it up with chess.com management or not.
Anyway, I've now been questioned by two individuals when trying to move a piece backwards. They were under the impression that like checkers, pieces can only move forwards. Usually this doesn't turn into a fist fight or anything, but it does take a minute before they believe I'm not trying to pull a fast one on them.
that reminds me of my favorite chess quote. "castling is for Pus**s."-Matt from the farm i interned on.
Oct 24, 2010
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#128
adhdkid91 wrote:
oginschile wrote:
I used to play casual chess games at work with a guy who thought it was cowardly to castle. He didn't think it was cheating, but he made all sorts of unpleasant noises whenever I castled to show his displeasure.
that reminds me of my favorite chess quote. "castling is for Pus**s."-Matt from the farm i interned on.
When I was 11 or so I used to play with the Dad of a friend. Whenever I got material up (which was often) and then started swapping to get to a won endgame I got similar vibes from him: ie, it wasn't really 'cricket' to exploit your advantage in that way.
No, I didn't change my tactics.
It depends on the type of players that you get to play !
Meadmaker what is Tamerlane chess?
Over the years I have found when playing social/recreational players that they often dont know about such rules as " en passant " and rather than get in an argument with them or having to produce "proof" that such a move is indeed a part of chess , I just play as if its not allowed too. I often do not insist on playing by the " touch move " rule with them as well but do draw the line when they make a move and release the piece. I once faced a recreational player that claimed he had never been beaten and we played for a small wager. I won a whole rook in the middlegame and he had no compensation at all for it. I exchanged down until I had R+K vs his lone king at which point he "claimed " a draw ! I said this isnt drawn and you have to play...... he informed me that such an ending cannot be won and he was claiming his draw.... ofcourse I won the ending and he paid up. 
I've been playing tournament chess for years and just leaned a few days ago that there's a 175 move limit.
blindfish4 wrote:
I've been playing tournament chess for years and just leaned a few days ago that there's a 175 move limit.
I have been playing tournaments for decades and am not aware of such a limit myself....
Oct 24, 2010
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#134
175 move limit?!
I'm a TD and no one told me of this one. Besides, with most games having a sudden death time control, that's really not necessary...and I can't count that high anyway.
Oct 24, 2010
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#135
blindfish4 wrote:
I've been playing tournament chess for years and just leaned a few days ago that there's a 175 move limit.
I've recently read the USCF rulebook, because my club TD is about to expire and I have to take the test for local TD. If there is such a limit, I'm confident it is not in the USCF 5th edition rules.
Oct 24, 2010
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#136
FlowerFlowers wrote:
Meadmaker what is Tamerlane chess?
Chess as played in the court of Tamerlane, at Sammarkand, 14th century. It's known from two surviving manuscripts, with slightly differnt rules in each.
28 pieces per side and some very unusual rules. Each pawn promotes to a particular piece. The "pawn of kings" promotes to a "prince". If you have a prince on the board, you can ignore check or checkmate, because if the king is captured, the prince becomes king. There's also the "ransom" move. Once per game, if the king is in check, you can swap places with the king and any other piece.
I've played exactly one game of it against a human being. Here's a thread and a wiki page for more info.
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/i-finally-won-a-game-of-tamerlanes-chess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamerlane_chess
Oct 24, 2010
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#137
Meadmaker wrote:
blindfish4 wrote:
I've been playing tournament chess for years and just leaned a few days ago that there's a 175 move limit.
I've recently read the USCF rulebook, because my club TD is about to expire and I have to take the test for local TD. If there is such a limit, I'm confident it is not in the USCF 5th edition rules.
My condolences to his family.
Oct 24, 2010
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#138
Reb wrote:
blindfish4 wrote:
I've been playing tournament chess for years and just leaned a few days ago that there's a 175 move limit.
I have been playing tournaments for decades and am not aware of such a limit myself....
You mean the game isn't over when you've filled in the last open move line on your score sheet? 
Oct 24, 2010
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#139
Meadmaker wrote:
FlowerFlowers wrote:
Meadmaker what is Tamerlane chess?
Chess as played in the court of Tamerlane, at Sammarkand, 14th century. It's known from two surviving manuscripts, with slightly differnt rules in each.
28 pieces per side and some very unusual rules. Each pawn promotes to a particular piece. The "pawn of kings" promotes to a "prince". If you have a prince on the board, you can ignore check or checkmate, because if the king is captured, the prince becomes king. There's also the "ransom" move. Once per game, if the king is in check, you can swap places with the king and any other piece.
I've played exactly one game of it against a human being. Here's a thread and a wiki page for more info.
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/i-finally-won-a-game-of-tamerlanes-chess
When I joined chess.com I did it to improve my chess, not read forums. I only started reading these forums out of curiosity and have learned many things, such as the above. This sort of thing is a bonus to me. Thanks.
crosspinner, intltax 57 - considering your need to correct the irregularities, would you inform the players if somethings is wrong in this game ?
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=743900
Actually, I have annoyed two wives, too. My first wife died, but not from being annoyed.
It is good to know that I am not alone in this important crusade....
We're still talking about fixing chess pieces, right? I mean, a crusade against wives may not go over so well.