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Shock Chess. (Updated!) Players are paralyzed from the shock of losing their queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝H. G. Muller wrote on Tue, Oct 15 11:51 AM UTC:

This might be ready for publication.


Aurelian Florea wrote on Tue, Oct 15 12:48 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 11:51 AM:

I don't understand the move of the rook (Swedish cannon?)


💡📝H. G. Muller wrote on Tue, Oct 15 05:26 PM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 12:48 PM:

Oops, I forgot to change this back after using the Diagram for testing the newly implemented 'backup moves' with the Swedish Cannon. It should be fixed now.


A. M. DeWitt wrote on Wed, Oct 16 01:40 AM UTC:

This is quite interesting. The shock rule basically makes for a really nice altternative to Chu Shogi's Lion-trading rules.


🔔Notification on Wed, Oct 16 02:48 PM UTC:

The author, H. G. Muller, has updated this page.


NeodymiumPhyte wrote on Fri, Oct 25 08:31 PM UTC:

potential unforseen consequence of this rule: making it harder to checkmate in the middlegame with the queen (now general)

in regular chess, it usually doesnt matter if a queen is protected as you should not expose it to capture either way... however you are perfectly content to "expose" a protected queen to capture by the enemy king as the king cant capture it

in this variant, you are not content to expose the general to the enemy king, as the enemy king can just igui

the queen is often directly adjacent to the king in middlegame checkmates, but a general would often just be captured in that situation


💡📝H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Oct 25 08:44 PM UTC in reply to NeodymiumPhyte from 08:31 PM:

Good point. This could be fixed by exempting the King from gaining an extra move when he captures a Queen.

The rule that non-Q x Q gives an extra move basically serves to implement the 'counter-strike rule', making indirect trading impossible. But there is no need for a counter-strike when your Queen gets attacked by a King: the Queen would simply capture that King rather than trying to set up a Queen trade.


HaruN Y wrote on Sat, Oct 26 01:54 AM UTC:

Rex Exclusive Shock Chess960

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A. M. DeWitt wrote on Sun, Oct 27 03:29 PM UTC:

Finalized version of Raichu Shogi.

Only differences from normal Chu Shogi are that the Lion-trading Rules are replaced by the shock rule (except King and Prince do not trigger it) and that Pawns and Lances must promote on the last rank due to not having any special abilities deriving from the shock rule.


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