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Mathematichess. A chess variant specially designed for mathematicians. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Florin Lupusoru wrote on Sun, May 7, 2023 09:52 AM UTC:

Hope this game makes sense. I still have to figure out the game dynamics and if there is anything that needs to be changed/improved. Latter on I will publish a real example diagram and analyse some of the possible moves and territory value counting.


💡📝Florin Lupusoru wrote on Thu, Jun 29, 2023 09:26 AM UTC:

I would really appreciate it if someone could give me some feedback on this game so far. That would help a lot.


Aurelian Florea wrote on Thu, Jun 29, 2023 10:02 AM UTC in reply to Florin Lupusoru from 09:26 AM:

I would like to help you but you need to put some more effort in writing the article. There are tools on this website which help with pictures!


💡📝Florin Lupusoru wrote on Fri, Jun 30, 2023 07:12 AM UTC:

Before drawing my diagram, I was wondering what would be the best pieces to use for peasants, guards, and treasurers. For the rest I will just use the standard chess pieces.


Ben Reiniger wrote on Sun, Jul 16, 2023 10:18 PM UTC:

Interesting. Probably not a "chess variant" by most folks' standards (but that wouldn't stop me from publishing).

The scoring desperately needs some examples. The freezing of secured territories is particularly confusing. And how do larger territories score or become secured?


💡📝Florin Lupusoru wrote on Wed, Jul 19, 2023 03:56 PM UTC:

An example diagram is ready for you and the points calculation for a territory. I'll do latter on some more calculations for you for the remaining territories.


Ben Reiniger wrote on Mon, Aug 7, 2023 02:49 AM UTC:

Replicating the local conditions (say, the 3x4 rectangle) before the example would be helpful for following along. Formatting the scoring in a table may also be nicer?

I didn't see anything in the example that seemed to match this rule:

Two, or more pieces of the same kind ( two or three, or more Knights, two or three, or more Rooks etc.) controlling a territory have their values multiplied first (before being added to the overall value of the group).

An omission, or did I misunderstand?


💡📝Florin Lupusoru wrote on Sun, Dec 3, 2023 12:43 PM UTC:

This page is ready.


💡📝Florin Lupusoru wrote on Thu, Dec 14, 2023 12:07 PM UTC:

I believe this game deserves more attention from the editors. I know, the game is quite unusual, and people prefer to stick to more classical chess variants, but please, give it a chance.


Ben Reiniger wrote on Thu, Dec 14, 2023 02:03 PM UTC in reply to Florin Lupusoru from 12:07 PM:

Can you provide the scoring for the example?

In particular, are c5 and d6 "joined"? It's not clear from the description what exactly that means, and what "control" means.

The game end also seems a little fuzzy; won't someone just refuse to move as soon as they're ahead at the beginning of their turn?

I do like the simplifications you've made so far.


💡📝Florin Lupusoru wrote on Fri, Dec 15, 2023 06:13 PM UTC in reply to Ben Reiniger from Thu Dec 14 02:03 PM:

Just made the calculations for this example. Please let me know if there is anything else to consider.


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