X-Git-Url: https://git.auder.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=views%2Frules%2FDark%2Fen.pug;h=f4585e35d51f6d7304fed0b595efc5f2a75890f9;hb=69f3d8014e594ef949792d04d97b8286e9c2c268;hp=49a4fc8de209511ddcec4d96575610f7ca943c8b;hpb=dbcc32e95d526fe518ac866f7b3cdac546f1178e;p=vchess.git diff --git a/views/rules/Dark/en.pug b/views/rules/Dark/en.pug index 49a4fc8d..f4585e35 100644 --- a/views/rules/Dark/en.pug +++ b/views/rules/Dark/en.pug @@ -1,33 +1,50 @@ p.boxed | You only see what your pieces can reach. Incomplete information game. -h3 Specifications +h3 Divergences ul - li Chessboard: standard. - li Material: standard. - li Non-capturing moves: standard. - li Special moves: standard. - li Captures: standard. li End of game: capture the king. -p Incomplete information version of the orthodox game (also shuffled). +p. + Incomplete information version of the orthodox game + (with randomized initial position). h3 Basics p. - TODO + 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. figure.diagram-container .diagram - | fen:r3kbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/4p3/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR: - figcaption After the moves 1.Nc3 d6?? 2.Nd5 e5 3.Nxc7 + | 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. + Good luck! + +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 -p Win by capturing the king (no checks, no stalemate). +p Win by capturing the enemy king (no checks, no stalemate). h3 More information -p. - TODO: quote buho21, ... +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.