/chess/ - Chess & Strategy

>>19

Just Chess and Cheers.

Is Carlsen still trying to reach 2900?

in case anyone is wondering about what moves

Also for Go:

playgo.to/iwtg/en/

www.online-go.com/

www.gokgs.com/

www.goproblems.com/

And sites where you can play several strategy games (chess, shogi, go, xianqi, etc):

www.littlegolem.net/jsp/main/

www.brainking.com/

www.ludoteka.com/juegos.html?hizk=en

>>10

My favorite ones are those that doesn´t need to change the board, so you can make new games with the same materials.

>Knight Relay

A piece defended by a knight of its colour gain the knight´s jump. The knights themselves can not be taken nor take other pieces.

>Knightmate Chess

Instead of a King, a Knight, instead of the Knights, two Kings.

Knights are amazingly easy to checkmate, since can´t attack any piece next to them and has to run away to the centre.

Kings are very useful attack pieces, but slow to activate.

(Pic related)

>Extinction

Any player who loses all pieces of any specific kind (eg the two bishops, or the one queen, or the eight pawns), loses the game.

And of course, the mighty one:

>Fischer Chess/960 Chess

I wouldn´t call this a variant though, but classical chess a variant of 960 Chess.

>>11

There is something to discuss?

Black has to move 5… Na5! (not 5… Nxd5?!) 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc bxc 8.Be2 h6, and black will have one less pawn but way more activity.

Of course black can accept the attack with Nxd5, expecting white to sacrifice and won´t recover the piece, but it´s unnecessary having a stronger defense (Na5).

And as white you should know the attack, and maybe try it in some blitz game, but know that black will defend without problems and expell all your pieces.

tl;dr:

We have to train against the good lines. If we assume our opponents are going to play poorly, no preparation is needed.

Watch this anon, I learned a new opening that wins in 4 moves! You'll never beat me!

>>80

You're 100 years too early to match me, stuuuuuupid Cirno!

>>77

>2… Qa5?!!?

Good job with the signs.

It looks interesting. White can ask for an explanation to black with 3.Nc3, ready to play d4 immediatly.

And I guess black should make something weird from there, because in main lines Qa5 has concrete uses, and white can avoid those situations now the queen has showed up her intentions.

Another option is some kind of wing gambit 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Qa5?!!? 3.b4!!?!.

And the position of the queen doesn´t give black any special advantage. I would even say white will have one more time compared with the main gambit.

Some odd openings I like are the ones with knight moves in 1&2. It looks enigmatic but the queen knight in c3/c6 with the pawn restricted in c2/c7 doesn´t actually let too much flexibility.

Reti Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4) looks beautiful to me, but I guess is not unusual anymore (thanks, Carlsen). We´ll always have 1.Nf3 d5 2.b4!?, I guess.

>>6

I think the variations with bigger boards or more pieces are just delaying the real problem, which is opening theory.

If you want to a more complex game (something a machine can´t excel) we have Shogi and Go http://8ch.net/chess/res/43.html.

And for solving opening theory problem we already have 960 Chess (Fischer Chess), without changing board size nor pieces.

Anyway, Omega looks majestic and I would like to play some more games some day.

Could someone recommend sites to play or solving problems?

>>95

Having the board and pieces would be even better, but unless we made ourselves that will be harder I guess.