Ideal Chess – drop chess perfected?

Re:Ideal Chess – drop chess perfected? by kranner on Saturday December 19, 2020 @11:21PM (#25483827)

My idea for a chess variant was giving every piece a fixed number of moves (with move-count visible at all times). After the quota of moves is finished, the piece becomes immobile except that it can still capture an enemy piece (and thus move to the captured square).

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Re:Ideal Chess – drop chess perfected? by breuleux on Saturday December 19, 2020 @11:35PM (#25483885)

Sounds interesting! It could be played easily on a physical board by putting poker chips under the pieces. Without a way to replenish counts there is a risk of deadlock, though. Maybe an option to pass to recover one move on a piece of your choice?

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Re:Ideal Chess – drop chess perfected? by kranner on Saturday December 19, 2020 @11:47PM (#25483936)

I hadn't thought that far! The poker chips are a great idea. Perhaps a reset mechanism after both sides run out of moves would work too.

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