X-Git-Url: https://git.auder.net/?p=vchess.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=views%2Frules%2FUpsidedown%2Fen.pug;h=8d4fa73beb1458f94ba05379883fffd231940a1e;hp=ff70cd30ff5d52d3d2846327dbcb79efb11e9304;hb=69f3d8014e594ef949792d04d97b8286e9c2c268;hpb=1b61a94dbd13f6a37a89e62216615d2496c760a2 diff --git a/views/rules/Upsidedown/en.pug b/views/rules/Upsidedown/en.pug index ff70cd30..8d4fa73b 100644 --- a/views/rules/Upsidedown/en.pug +++ b/views/rules/Upsidedown/en.pug @@ -1,37 +1,32 @@ p.boxed | Pawns start on the 7th rank. Move a knight to promote them. -h3 Specifications +h3 Divergences -ul - li Chessboard: standard. - li Material: standard. - li Non-capturing moves: standard. - li Special moves: no castling (and no en-passant). - li Captures: standard. - li End of game: standard. +p No castle, no en-passant capture. p. - ...(Almost) Only the initial position changes, but this is a very big change. + ...Only the initial position changes, but this makes a huge difference. In particular, castling would be rather pointless so it's disabled here. En-passant captures are impossible because all pawns already reached 7th rank. -h3 Note on initial position +h3 About the initial position p. - Since truly random start can allow un-defendable mate in 3 with a knight, - the kings touch at least one knight in the initial position. + Since truly random start can allow a mate in 3 with a knight, + the kings have at least one knight neighbor in the initial position. This allows to move free out of potential check from the very beginning. p. - To illustrate this phenomenon, although it's defendable the standard initial - position allows the attack as 1.Na6 (threatening Nc5-Nd3#), - forcing the defense Nf3-Ne5. With a knight next to the king you have more options. + A less constraining condition would be to require the two knights to stand on + two squares of different colors, but it's not enough as proved by the + following diagram. + White can mate in 3: 1.Nc6 followed by Nb4 threatening both a2 and d3. figure.diagram-container .diagram - | fen:R1BQKBNR/PPPPPPP/N7/8/8/8/pppppppp/rnbqkbnr: - figcaption Standard initial position after 1.Na6 + | fen:RBN1BRRQ/PPPPPPP/8/4n3/8/8/Nppppppp/brkbqr1n: + figcaption After 1.Nc6 Nf3 2.Nb4 Ne5 (covers d3 but not a2) 3.Nxa2# h3 Source