The following is based on old chesstalk forum posts and blog entries of mine, concerning "Throne Chess": [edit: my first mentioning of it, on chesstalk, occured on 28 May 2013 in the following thread.] http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/show...ry-Rare/page10 Here's a simple idea for a chess variant, one which might decrease the number of games resulting in draws (compared to standard chess), which I call Throne ...
Updated 08-03-2016 at 05:59 PM by Kevin Pacey
[Event "RA CC Ch."] [Site "Ottawa, CAN"] [Date "2014.01.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Vlasenko, Ko."] [Black "Pacey, K"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5!? {The famous Wilkes-Barre Variation.} 5.Nxf7 {5.Bxf7+ is safer and may give White an edge, according to most books.} Bxf2+ 6.Kf1 {6.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Kg1 (7.Ke3!?) Qh4 could be considered the main ...
Updated 02-28-2021 at 12:19 AM by Kevin Pacey
Here's a 4 dimensional chess game that can be played as if on a 2D plane. [first update: A 16x16 board with appropriate spacing could be used even on a coffee table; it would be about the size of a Scrabble board (15x15 for that).] Using a computer program for it, a player could check if he is making a legal move, and whether it is mate or stalemate, for example. [second update: I call it 4*Chess, assuming the name is not taken.] It's based on a BASIC computer program I made for it in the 1980's, ...
Updated 08-26-2016 at 07:27 PM by Kevin Pacey
Here's 10x10 computer-resistant(?) chess variant (large # legal moves + heuristics): chess pcs & the classic 6 chess variant compound pcs. Orderly setup: 1st-3rd ranks full, std chess pcs start pos kind of kept [1st update: Fools mate & kind of Scholars mate poss; links below]: Code: Col a Col b Col c Col d Col e Col f Col g Col h Col i Col j Row xx [C] :[A]: [S] :[Z]: [M] :[M]: [Z] :[S]: [A] :[C]: 10 :[J]: [R] ...
Col a Col b Col c Col d Col e Col f Col g Col h Col i Col j Row xx [C] :[A]: [S] :[Z]: [M] :[M]: [Z] :[S]: [A] :[C]: 10 :[J]: [R]
Updated 08-10-2018 at 11:35 PM by Kevin Pacey
The following is a suggested repertoire for sharp or solid play. All or some of it can be used, even by an intermediate or advanced level player wishing to specialize. Much of it I have played myself: White: 1.e4 (only) vs. 1...c5: Sharp option: (chosen in spite of any homework since anti-Sicilians generally far less potent) Open Sicilians, including: Sozin (Bc4) setups (i.e. if Black aims for Classical, Scheveningen or Najdorf Sicilian), ...
Updated 09-12-2015 at 10:55 AM by Kevin Pacey