New Variant Idea: Ahab Chess
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yolosolo123
Jun 16, 2023
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#41
Noice idea tho
I love the idea.
Hey guys, I'm still working on developing this variant and solidifying the rules and getting test games. To that end, I've created a group dedicated to this variant!
https://www.chess.com/club/ahab-chess
Please join if you'd like to help me test Ahab Chess!
Interesting. That’s a cool idea. If Ahab Chess gets accepted, then the coding they’ll do would make Decoy Roy possible to create, and then you could submit that in the Custom Variants club.
However, if 2 kings get killed, the player will lose. In Ahab chess, we need to kill more than 2 for sure.
Nevertheless, interesting idea, it contains our history!
What @thenormalnoob is saying is that there are only 2 options for where the royal is hiding, versus Ahab chess having 14 options for where the royal is hiding.
Umm... killing 2 kings is ensured that the game over. That means we have 2 targets, less than in Ahab Chess we have unidentified targets.
Nov 13, 2024
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#50
How about the other person chooses your ahab, and you choose theirs
T-jankins9522 đã viết:
How about the other person chooses your ahab, and you choose theirs
Then they can have only one weak target to attack
thenomalnoob wrote:
T-jankins9522 đã viết:
How about the other person chooses your ahab, and you choose theirs
Then they can have only one weak target to attack
Indeed. Choosing your opponent’s Ahab would defeat the entire purpose of the game 😆
Yeah, I did. It’s an interesting concept worth playing with. Possibly even a limit of 3 squares. The current setup I have is that there are no limitations on how the piece can move, but there’s a bare piece rule—meaning if your only remaining piece is your Ahab, you lose. That’s seemed to work pretty well in my test games, but this could be a cool idea, as a way of giving a hint to your opponent when trying to find the Ahab.
Nov 17, 2024
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#57
It essencially limit all pieces except queen unless you wanna expose your king and solves a royl pawn being uncapturable
I always figured that if you manage to protect an Ahab pawn long enough to get it promoted, then you deserve to get a royal queen at that point. It is extremely difficult to keep an Ahab pawn safe.