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Re: 1D Chess

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Post by aidenn0 »

mcdeltat wrote: post #132

Ok seems like I don't understand and really dislike chess stalemate/draw rules. So if I make a move which is directly causative to my opponent having no moves which would not result in checkmate, this means the same is a draw?? That makes no sense to me.

This is part of why so many games on a competitive level end in a draw; the player that lacks a path to victory will try to force a stalemate.

Since this makes it harder for the player with an early advantage to win (by constraining their moves), it is considered a feature, not a bug.

Re: 1D Chess

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Post by smrq »

stavros wrote: post #136
manwe150 wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the proposed game above, there is no rounds, just alternating plays, in which you have to select you play before the other player announces their play, then swap and repeat

So both players select their cards, then player 1 announces, then player 2, then select, then player 2 announces, then player 1? This seems a bit limiting, as you can't really select Checkmate on the play where you don't reveal first, because you only stand to lose.

I believe the intended turn order is:

1: P1 selects 2: P2 selects 3: P1 reveals 4: P1 selects 5: P2 reveals 6: GOTO 2

I.e. each player always selects immediately before their opponent reveals.

Re: 1D Chess

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Post by otherme123 »

deadlypointer wrote: post #144

Even in the winning line black can force stalemate in multiple ways,how is it a forced win?

N4, black has three legal moves:

- RxN RxR, N5 (unique), RxN 1-0

- R5, R2 RxN (if R6, NxR, 1-0), RxR N5 (unique), RxN, 1-0

... N5 NxR+ K7 (unique), R4 KxN (if N3+, K2 N5, N8 KxN, RxN 1-0), R2 K7 (or N3, RxN 1-0), RxN (1-0)

Re: 1D Chess

#148

Post by otherme123 »

daynthelife wrote: post #127

It frustrates me that the site does not give the strongest defense for black. The position is mate in 6, not 5: 1. N4 N5 2. Nx6+ K7 3. R4 N3+! 4. K2 N5 5. N8! Kx8 6. Rx5#

You give "3 ... N3" a !, when it is literally the only legal move the black has.

Re: 1D Chess

#149

Post by anotheryou »

pbardea wrote: post #131
anotheryou wrote: post #130

Is this stalemate correct? https://imgur.com/a/Z7in8sl Have not even lost a piece yet!

If it's black's move then yep! The king is not in check and it cannot move right otherwise it's in check by the knight and it cannot take left since it'll be in check by the rook.

ahhh thanks

Re: 1D Chess

#150

Post by tux3 »

zeroonetwothree wrote: post #106
tylervigen wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have never played it, but I could imagine a scoring mechanism that would make it interesting, and perhaps is implied by the rules: The score value starts at 1. Every additional "check" multiplies the score value by 2 (so 2, 4, 8, 16...). The first player to say "checkmate" receives the score. Track your summed score between games; the player with the highest overall score at any given time is "winning."

Isn't the optimal strategy just to say "checkmate" immediately? That dominates anything else.

Not in an iterated game. If my team agrees we'll never checkmate before turn 5, the game is the same except we start the actual game on turn 5 with a big score advantage compared to everyone else.

You can leave at any time by breaking the rule, but then you will be playing with other people who say checkmate immediately, and that would be much worse.

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