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- | Orda Chess is a chess variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato.
+ | Orda Chess is a chess variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato.
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| Note: he'd rather remain anonymous :)
- | Anyway this text and all the images are from him.
+ | Anyway this text and all the images are from him.
| The idea of the game was to create a true asymmetric chess with
- | two different armies. Ralph Betza's
+ | two different armies. Ralph Betza's
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| Chess with Different Armies
- | was an inspiration, but the goal was to be a little more streamlined
+ | was an inspiration, but the goal was to be a little more streamlined
| with the theme here.
| In this case, the theme of the new army is knight-based movement,
| where most pieces have an element of knight movement.
Similarly, the Yurt also captures the same way it moves; it moves as the
silver general in Shogi.
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th Horde piece
th Kingdom "counterpart"
Fairy Stockfish, noting that they are generic values,
not necessarily specific to Orda chess.
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th Kingdom piece
th Value (Early / Late)
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| For those who want a more simplified approach, this table may be
- | an approximation.
+ | an approximation.
span.italic Note: this simplification is used by the weak bot here.
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th Kingdom piece
th Value
The game is still young, so strategy is still being developed!
Much of the data is currently based on Engine play.
The Horde cannot castle. However, a very fundamental component of a
- majority Horde openings is to move the Khan to f7.
+ majority Horde openings is to move the Khan to g7.
Reaching this spot in within the first four moves is ideal
— in fact, Fairy Stockfish opened up with Kf7 in 56% of its games.
The rest is variable.