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ICBM Chess. I(inter)-C(hess)B(oard) M(issle) Chess, where you can throw a piece to capture as well as make normal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 09:35 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I'm not gonna pay the hospital bills...

Ice Age Chess. Every 20th move, the board freezes and ice cubes appear on almost every empty square. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 09:42 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

Chess on Steroids. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 11:13 PM UTC:

One suggestion: Make a game on a bigger board (10x10, 12x12 or something like that) and with some restrictions on the 'combination pieces' ; a piece may only merge with one piece, two pieces etc., add some pieces like the dabbabah, the alifil etc, make the queen only accessable with merging, add a man (non-royal king) instead of the queen et cetera...

Third runner. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 11:19 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

I like this game and would like to play

Ben 39. Pieces move on squares and corners of board with 37 fixed and two movable squares. (Cells: 39) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 12:36 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

Interesting...

Howitzer Chess A game information page

. Introducing another piece named Howitzer, a fearful form of cannon, on the H-board. For the advanced tactician. With zrf.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 04:37 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I kinda like your pieces, mr. Winther

Evochess. Evolutionary chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Sat, Sep 18, 2010 02:00 PM UTC:

Well, that'd be an idea... How about this: Lion, amazon, combound of lion and queen?

Taikyoku Shogi. Extremely large shogi variant. (36x36, Cells: 1296) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Fri, Dec 31, 2010 12:16 PM UTC:

It is H U G E!!

Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Thu, Jan 6, 2011 03:19 PM UTC:

Good question. My idea was that it should become a pawn again, exchanging with the opponent's pawns:

But your idea's good, too.

By the way, the builder is a very strong piece. I'm working on some restrictions to make it fit better in FIDE chess. I'll post them here soon.

Hafsteinn.

💡📝Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 02:48 PM UTC:

Good idea!
But I still think some restrictions on checking/mating would be needed. Any ideas?

💡📝Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 03:22 PM UTC:

I like the approaching idea! And I wasn't aware of the builder being like the fire demon...

💡📝Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Sat, Jun 11, 2011 10:52 PM UTC:

No. Remember: The builder changes the opponents pieces to your pieces. The builder could still move adjacent to the bishop, exchanging it for your bishop, checking the king.

💡📝Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Sun, Jun 12, 2011 03:47 PM UTC:

First, if the builder was at d4 the king wouldn't be in check.

Your idea of the builder not being able to check is interesting and would help this piece to become 'even', so to say. The movement seems a bit strong to, I already added a suggestion on the main page.

💡📝Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Sun, Jun 12, 2011 03:58 PM UTC:

To make it clear, in the situation above the builder must be positioned so that in one move it can become adjacent to the king, in order for it to be in check. No move other than Kd8 is possible in order to get out of check. Any attempt to block the builder won't work because:

a) if the rook tried to block the builder, it could still switch the black bishop for a white, checking the king, and

b) if the bishop moved at all, the builder would simply take the king, thus any attempt to move the bishop would be illegal.

This makes the builder way to powerful. An interesting variant would be to have an anti-king instead of a king.

Another thing I've been thinking about is what happens if a piece moves adjacent to a builder? Is that suicide or does nothing happen at all? The latter would make it impossible for a builder to capture another builder, is that good or is that bad?

💡📝Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Mon, Jun 13, 2011 12:56 PM UTC:

Moving the rook is a clever move, as it prevents mate. The king would still be checked, though. Double-checked. A more clever move is the one listed on the main page, I think. The reason: You prevent check on the next move and you prevent mate. I don't know, but I think it is more clever than Re6.

Anyway, the situation on the main page was just to show how builders take and how they mate/check.

One possible notation for the builder: The Builder (Bu or I), builder take: Id5-a5*(b)Ra6->(w)Ra6. The builder (I) on d5 moves to a5 and takes a (black) rook on a6, switching it to (->) a (white) rook on a6. For the situation in which the black rook moves to e6, the builder does this: Id5-d6*(b)Bd7 -> (w)Bd7+ &*(b)Re6 -> (w)Re6+. This means that the builder on d5 moves to d6 (Id5-d6) and kills (*) the (black) bishop on d7 switching it (->) for a (white) bishop on d7, checking, AND (&) it kills the (black) rook on e6, switching it for a (white) rook on e6, checking.

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AAUUGHH! Chess. After every move, there's a 1 in 18 chance of the rules switching to another in a list of variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 06:17 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

This sounds great!

Xiangqi vs Orthodox Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 77) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 09:55 PM UTC:Poor ★

The F3 problem is too great for this to be a good game. I hate to rate a game 'poor', but if not fixed,that problem kills the game.

Armageddon Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 10:07 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

This is a very.. interesting ..game. I like it! You could even, if you'd carry around some strings, outline the outlines (obviously) of the board.. Yay! first comment!

A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 10:38 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I need a set of this!

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