p.boxed
- | You only see what your pieces can reach. Incomplete information game.
-
-h3 Divergences
+ | You only see what your pieces can reach. Incomplete information game.
p.
- Incomplete information version of the orthodox game
- (with randomized initial position).
-
-h3 Basics
-
-p.
- Before every move, players see only what their pieces can reach.
- That is to say: empty squares where your pieces can go,
- but also occupied squares where captures can be made.
- For example on the illustration next, after 1.e4 d5 white sees a black
- pawn on d5, the squares e5, f5, h5, b5, a6 and all four first ranks.
- The f5 square is visible (and empty) because of the
- special case of pawn capture.
+ Before every move, players see only what their pieces can reach.
+ That is to say: empty squares where your pieces can go,
+ but also occupied squares where captures can be made.
+ For example on the illustration next, after 1.e4 d5 white sees a black
+ pawn on d5, the squares e5, f5, h5, b5, a6 and all four first ranks.
+ The f5 square is visible (and empty) because of the
+ special case of pawn capture.
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- .diagram
- | fen:8/8/8/3p4/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR - w 8,7,b6-h6,a5,c5,g5:
- figcaption Standard initial position after 1.e4 d5
+ .diagram
+ | fen:8/8/8/3p4/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR - w 8,7,b6-h6,a5,c5,g5:
+ figcaption Standard initial position after 1.e4 d5
-p.
- Choose your move carefully, based on what you can infer from the
- opponent's past moves. Counting material, in particular, is crucial.
- Be careful to block the attacking lines toward your king too.
- Good luck!
+p Win by capturing the enemy king (no checks, no stalemate).
p.
- Note: the bot is not cheating - it really uses only the information
- described earlier. Moreover, it is very basic and clearly less
- challenging that a human. But it may be a fun start :)
-
-h3 End of the game
+ Choose your move carefully, based on what you can infer from the
+ opponent's past moves. Counting material is important.
+ Be careful to block the attacking lines toward your king too.
+ Good luck!
-p Win by capturing the enemy king (no checks, no stalemate).
+p.
+ Note: the bot is not cheating - it really uses only the information
+ described earlier. Moreover, it is very basic and clearly less
+ challenging that a human. But it may be a fun start :)
h3 More information
p
- | I discovered this variant on
- a(href="https://www.buho21.com/") Buho21
- | , which is a nice website but its spirit is very different than here
- | (ranking system, VIP membership or ads, etc.).
- | It seemed to be the only place to play DarkChess in live.
+ | I discovered this variant on
+ a(href="https://www.buho21.com/") Buho21
+ | , which is a nice website but its spirit is very different than here
+ | (ranking system, VIP membership or ads, etc.).
+ | It seemed to be the only place to play DarkChess in live.
+
+p Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen (1997)