richardhutnik
08-17-2008, 05:37 AM
These are the rules to Dipole Chess:
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSdipolechess
Take regular chess, and prevent people from making non-capture moves laterally or backwards (Castling is permitted also though). Otherwise it is the same. Not only can you lose if your king is captured (rather than checkmated), if you can't make a legal move, you also lose.
My experience with the game is that it is easy to mess up in a big way, with both sides reasonably close. But the game can never end in a draw, and will always run a finite number of turns. Despite this, and it being more restrictive as far as moves, the game feels pretty deep.
I wanted to see if anyone else here had thoughts on this, if they were to argue how much more shallow it is compared to normal chess.
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSdipolechess
Take regular chess, and prevent people from making non-capture moves laterally or backwards (Castling is permitted also though). Otherwise it is the same. Not only can you lose if your king is captured (rather than checkmated), if you can't make a legal move, you also lose.
My experience with the game is that it is easy to mess up in a big way, with both sides reasonably close. But the game can never end in a draw, and will always run a finite number of turns. Despite this, and it being more restrictive as far as moves, the game feels pretty deep.
I wanted to see if anyone else here had thoughts on this, if they were to argue how much more shallow it is compared to normal chess.