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Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Oct 22, 2022 07:58 PM UTC:

Interactive diagram: pieces movable, right-click resets!

 
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Click here to open/close a piece overview. Play it!

Avatar Chess

Click below to display piece moves

White:
Pawn: a2-h2; Knight: b1,g1; Bishop: c1,f1; Rook: a1,h1; Queen: d1; King: e1

Black:
Pawn: a7-h7; Knight: g8,b8; Bishop: f8,c8; Rook: h8,a8; Queen: e8; King: d8

Despite the better evaluation the Diagram now makes on morphing pieces, it still cannot do any better than this: No extra avatars (drops are not implemented in the AI), and it cannot 'promote' the Rook on a castling move.

*** Nice graphical improvement ****

to the Diagram, though: I introduced a parameter background='...' , through which you can specify an image file that will be used as background to the board table. (You must make sure it has exactly the same size as the board, including the coordinate margins, though.) To make it visible you should define lightShade and darkShade as empty strings.