No Castling Chess to be offered on Lichess and eventually Shogi and Chinese Chess, also Capablanca C

bubb13tea

off to chess.com lol

bubb13tea

pychess also good

ALucasM

@themiddleway said in #4:

In other words for now only No Castling Chess... seems not to be on pychess which I've just read about. Incidentally, I would go back the extra mile and not allow the initial two square pawn move... as a variant, currently very much into 960
it's on playstrategy.org

@themiddleway said in #4: > In other words for now only No Castling Chess... seems not to be on pychess which I've just read about. Incidentally, I would go back the extra mile and not allow the initial two square pawn move... as a variant, currently very much into 960 it's on playstrategy.org

Rechefiltr_is_Fire edited

Anyway, it’s true that Lichess needs to be refreshed by something cardinally new, but not earlier than in next 29 months.

When they expire (i.e. November 2025), remind me

Anyway, it’s true that Lichess needs to be refreshed by something cardinally new, but not earlier than in next 29 months. When they expire (i.e. November 2025), remind me

themiddleway

@lazy_peasant said in #7:

I love this. Along with stalemate being a win.
"Incidentally, I would go back the extra mile and not allow the initial two square pawn move" in No Castling Chess.

With the reduced initial force of pawns not having a 2 square start, a player well versed in theory need fear a loss even less than in standard. As a game to play I find this appealing, I like that the better player wins, rather than just the better prepared player. Nevertheless as a spectator I can appreciate good preparation such as classical control World Championship.

I understand that the high percentage of professional draws is a concern, and with the reduced forces the no stalemate rule will probably not increase white's advantage too much. However, for me the skill in drawing from a worse position through the endgame (including stalemate) is one of the beauties of standard and 960 chess. The endgame is missing from Shogi for example.

@lazy_peasant said in #7: > I love this. Along with stalemate being a win. "Incidentally, I would go back the extra mile and not allow the initial two square pawn move" in No Castling Chess. With the reduced initial force of pawns not having a 2 square start, a player well versed in theory need fear a loss even less than in standard. As a game to play I find this appealing, I like that the better player wins, rather than just the better prepared player. Nevertheless as a spectator I can appreciate good preparation such as classical control World Championship. I understand that the high percentage of professional draws is a concern, and with the reduced forces the no stalemate rule will probably not increase white's advantage too much. However, for me the skill in drawing from a worse position through the endgame (including stalemate) is one of the beauties of standard and 960 chess. The endgame is missing from Shogi for example.

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