The Super King and the Super Queen

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cigoL

While pondering the importance of mobility on the board, a funny idea hit me: The Super King and the Super Queen. I thought I would share it. So have a peak, and let me know what you think! :) 

Addendum: I think I didn't explain to point of this. It's simply a thought experiment to show to how much it matters to have mobile pieces. I intend to write a follow-up - for beginners - explaing where it's good to place ones pieces.

KrisRhodes

With the powers of the pieces as described here, the board position is illegal before anyone has moved.

There is never a legal position in Chess in which the player who has the move is attacking the king.

But before anyone has moved, with a super king or super queen on the board belonging to white, black's king is already being attacked. For a super king (or queen) can jump to any square--meaning it can jump to the opponent king's home square. The opponent's king, then, is already being attacked.

cigoL

Haha! I don't know what's more retarded; me writing a silly article about chess well past midnight, or someone (RoseQueen1985) writing a comment the lenght of a Paul Auster novel just to say "this is dumb". However, RoseQueen1985, is right: my post is rather silly. In retrospect - and now awake - I see that it makes little sense what I wrote. Good morning, all! Smile

ploboo
RoseQueen1985 wrote:

Scratch that. Don't do anything ever again that relates to teaching chess.


I respectfully disagree. Come on, aren't you just waiting to see what they come up with next? You know, things like putting pawns on unicycles, a cart on the horsies, letting the bishops wear whatever they want, etc, etc!!!

cigoL

Haha! Pawns on unicycles! It could only be an Aussie writing something like that! Tongue out

ploboo
cigoL wrote:

Haha! I don't know what's more retarded; me writing a silly article about chess well past midnight, or someone (RoseQueen1985) writing a comment the lenght of a Paul Auster novel just to say "this is dumb". However, RoseQueen1985, is right: my post is rather silly. In retrospect - and now awake - I see that it makes little sense what I wrote. Good morning, all! 

RoseQueen is a feisty one, I certainly wouldn't want to get on her bad side! I probably just have by writing this, DOH!!

Violets_are_blue

RoseQueen's first day on the interwebs. What a meltdown.

ploboo

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Best be careful what you say

Cause you may find yourself with arse number two

(aka - she may just tear you a new one)

cigoL

"So much fail," you say... with my blog post, or with your life?

cigoL

Well, well. Doesn't sound like it.

ploboo

So much for post #5 cigoL, you seem to have taken the criticism of your pretty stupid idea fairly personally.

corpsporc

Hey! I have an idea! Super king versus 8 queens. Who wins?

jerry2468

8 queens. They start off covering every single square

corpsporc
jerry2468 wrote:

8 queens. They start off covering every single square


Nope.  Consider having the queens positioned on a1,a2,a3,b1,b2,b3,c1,c2.

 

(Four queens versus super king is a draw.)

cigoL

Personally, ploboo? Not at all. I just made an observation. Of course, I could be wrong. Anyway, there are more important things to attend to.

checkmateibeatu

1.Qxe8