| 1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | You only see what your pieces can reach. Incomplete information game. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | p. |
| 5 | Before every move, players see only what their pieces can reach. |
| 6 | That is to say: empty squares where your pieces can go, |
| 7 | but also occupied squares where captures can be made. |
| 8 | For example on the illustration next, after 1.e4 d5 white sees a black |
| 9 | pawn on d5, the squares e5, f5, h5, b5, a6 and all four first ranks. |
| 10 | The f5 square is visible (and empty) because of the |
| 11 | special case of pawn capture. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | figure.diagram-container |
| 14 | .diagram |
| 15 | | fen:8/8/8/3p4/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR - w 8,7,b6-h6,a5,c5,g5: |
| 16 | figcaption Standard initial position after 1.e4 d5 |
| 17 | |
| 18 | p Win by capturing the enemy king (no checks, no stalemate). |
| 19 | |
| 20 | p. |
| 21 | Choose your move carefully, based on what you can infer from the |
| 22 | opponent's past moves. Counting material is important. |
| 23 | Be careful to block the attacking lines toward your king too. |
| 24 | Good luck! |
| 25 | |
| 26 | p. |
| 27 | Note: the bot is not cheating - it really uses only the information |
| 28 | described earlier. Moreover, it is very basic and clearly less |
| 29 | challenging that a human. But it may be a fun start :) |
| 30 | |
| 31 | h3 More information |
| 32 | |
| 33 | p |
| 34 | | I discovered this variant on |
| 35 | a(href="https://www.buho21.com/") Buho21 |
| 36 | | , which is a nice website but its spirit is very different than here |
| 37 | | (ranking system, VIP membership or ads, etc.). |
| 38 | | It seemed to be the only place to play DarkChess in live. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | p Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen (1997) |