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| 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.
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.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.
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