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Slide-Chess. Variant on 44 squares with moving cages. (7x8, Cells: 44) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

carlos carlos wrote on Fri, Jun 4, 2004 04:59 PM UTC:

anyone care to comment on rule 2.3.  roberto has just implemented it in our
game.

'insert his cage (with any contents) orthogonally into the board,
shifting the other cells in line until a cage appears at the opposite edge
(which must have been empty).'

when i first read the rules i thought that the opposite edge which should
be empty meant the square that was to be pushed out.  roberto obviously
took it to mean simply that the other cage couldn't be at the end of that
row or column (see our current game).  on second reading, i am inclined to
agree with him, although the wording is pretty ambiguous... the example
doesn't clear things up either.  anyone know/have an opinion?

another thing is the 'shifting the other cells in line' part... taken
literally this seems to mean that the whole cells (not just their
contents) get pushed along.  this would make things interesting for
bishops!  what was the intention here?

💡📝João Neto wrote on Fri, Jun 4, 2004 05:44 PM UTC:

Hi, indeed Roberto got it right in his ZRF. 

The idea is that the remaining sliding square should not be at the
opposite edge (so, it will not go out of bounds). Both sliding squares
must be diagonally or orthogonally adjacent to the main 6x7 board. 

The last pushed square on the 6x7 board can have pieces, except a King.

Sorry about the wording, natural language can be though :-)

Joao Neto

carlos carlos wrote on Fri, Jun 4, 2004 05:57 PM UTC:

thanks.  i guess i just thought that that rule was too obvious to even be
there, but i suppose you have to put everything down just to be clear.

this makes the game more complex then.

carlos carlos wrote on Wed, Jun 9, 2004 02:03 PM UTC:

'When a pawn reaches the 2nd/7th rank, the mover decides how it promotes
(the pawn may promote to a Queen).'
 
Is there a restriction on how a pawn may reach the 2nd/7th row?  Can it be
transported directly there in a cage?

💡📝João Neto wrote on Wed, Jun 9, 2004 02:12 PM UTC:

the pawn can be inside a cage, eg:

8    [O] ( )        
7   . n b k b n r   
6   . p p p p p p              
5   . . . . . . .
4   . . . . . . .
3   . O O O O O O
2   R N B K B N R
1           
  a b c d e f g h i

now, if that cage is inserted into the board, the pawn will be at the last
row and will be promoted. Since the cage may belong to the adversary, it is
the mover that decides the promotion, not the owner

carlos carlos wrote on Wed, Jun 9, 2004 02:27 PM UTC:

ok, so it can't be promoted until it is back in the main 7x6 board then?

💡📝João Neto wrote on Wed, Jun 9, 2004 02:32 PM UTC:

yes, that's right. 

Inside the cages they are in a non-zone regarding promotions, as the
typical place inside most companies :-)

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