Ever Play Stress (Stratego and Chess)?

[Bab5space]

So I mixed Stratego and Chess. How?

Step 1. Take a chess board and an amount of opposing stratego pieces equal to the usual chesss setup.

Step 2: Make or find stickers to put behind the stratego pieces that ID them as chess pieces, at least to you.

The other player will have to make educated guesses.

At any rate it adds a degree of bluffing to chess and uncertainty.

Ever tried it?

 

[bagasme]

Hmmm...

What about game rules?

 

[Bab5space]

Hmmm...

What about game rules?

Same as normal chess, only you cannot see what the identity of your opponent' pieces are, although you can deduce it by movement.

 

[sbrothy]

How about a team version of Crazyhouse Chess?

4 people in 2 teams with respectively black and white pieces sit side by side and play the other team with the opposite colors. Instead of making a move you can ask your teammate for one of the pieces he captured from his opponent and put it anywhere on the board in your game.

We added the house rule that the captured piece cannot be placed so it checks the opponent's king or it became too aggressive. YMMV.

So, if you need a queen for a forced checkmate you just ask your teammate to take his opponent's no matter what. The winning team is the one that wins a game first. Doesn't matter which.

I remember it as a lot of fun. Good stressy fun. :P

 

[sbrothy]

TL;DR

Quantifying the complexity and similarity of chess openings using online chess community data

In the news:

Cracking the Chess Code: A Groundbreaking Study Reveals Hidden Patterns in Openings

I'm not sure about those online ELO ratings. lichess.org says I have a rating around 1500. According to chess.com it's only ~700. I suspect chess.com is nearer the truth. :)

 

[DrClaude]

Same as normal chess, only you cannot see what the identity of your opponent' pieces are, although you can deduce it by movement.

How can any one player know when the king is in check?

 

[sbrothy]

How can any one player know when the king is in check?

If that question is for me I'm not sure I understand your uncertainty.

Standard rules apply, except for the piece exchange and insert. We were using standard chess rules, only, my teammate could provide me with any piece - assuming his turn in the game he's playing and the desired piece being eligible for taking - provide me with it and I'd place it on the board in the game I'm playing - again assuming it's my turn.

It might be sensible to agree on some house rules though. Like are multiple white bishops allowed? That kind of thing. Apart from that it's pretty simple.

Simple but hectic. Especially if there's a clock involved.
:)

 

[DrClaude]

If that question is for me I'm not sure I understand your uncertainty.

My question was for the OP. I'll edit my post to make that clear.

 

[sbrothy]

My question was for the OP. I'll edit my post to make that clear.

Sure. I'll admit I was a bit mystified. I guess I should delete it all... Meh. I'm pretty bored. Maybe you can tell.

 

[Hornbein]

There is Fog of War, chess played in which only pieces next to one's own pieces can be seen. I has some popularity.

 

[bagasme]

Same as normal chess, only you cannot see what the identity of your opponent' pieces are, although you can deduce it by movement.

Much speculation like poker