Fairy Eater Chess

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Pokshtya

The task was to find out how super mobile pieces will behave in conditions of minimal maneuverability.

On the eighty-one squares of the board, which is the Magic Square - the Seal of the Moon (Sigillum Lune) and where the 'Independence' and 'Dominance' of the pieces are completely different from the even boards, two armies come face to face.

The result of which was an enchanting and unforgettable sight, replete with fairy chess pieces, destroying and devouring each other with incredible speed. It was these exciting events that gave the name to this chess variant and the fairy chess pieces taking part in a battle that has never been seen before.

Moves of the pieces

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The Sorcerer (King)

The Sorcerer moves and captures exactly as the king in classical chess.

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A Pawn


A Pawn moves forward exactly one square. When there is an enemy piece one square diagonally ahead of a pawn, either left or right, then the pawn may capture that piece. 

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A Ghost


A Ghost moves and captures in all directions like a Queen, but only by jumping over the square. Can jump over friendly and hostile pieces. A Ghost standing on a white square moves only along white squares, a black-squared Ghost - along black ones.

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A Shield


A Shield - an analogue of a Side Mover in Chu Shogi - moves and captures one square forward and backward, and also moves and captures orthogonally like a rook in chess.

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A Sower of Chaos 


A Sower of Chaos is also known as an Archbishop in Capablanca chess, combines the moves of a knight and a bishop.

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A Twilight Reaper


A Twilight Reaper is a Chancellor in Capablanca chess, combines the moves of a knight and a rook.

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A Nightrider


A Nightrider or Unicorn - a fairy chess piece invented by the father of fairy chess, the brilliant chess composer T.R. Dawson in 1925 - makes any number of knight moves in one direction, without deviating from the trajectory.

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The game uses a 9x9 board.
Each player has 36 pieces at his / her disposal:

1 Sorcerer (King)

4 Ghosts

4 Shields

6 Nightriders

6 Twilight Reapers (Marshal or Chancellor - knight + rook)

6 Sowers of Chaos (Archbishop - knight + bishop)

9 Pawns

White is the first to start the game.

Pawn promotion zone. The pawn transforms into any piece except The Sorcerer (King) and itself, reaching the sixth rank for White and the fourth rank for Black. Thus, it only needs to take two steps to transform.

Win and Draw. If the player to move has their Sorcerer (King) under attack and is unable to make a move so that it is no longer under attack then the player loses via Checkmate.

A draw is awarded:

- by mutual agreement

- in the case of a three-fold repetition of the position

- in the absence of capture and movement of the Pawn in the last 50 moves (rule of 50 moves)

- if one of the players cannot make a move according to the rules in turn (stalemate).

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You can play Live, Daily or Correspondence against human or bot here https://games.dtco.ru/map 

Easy registration, no email required.

Official blog of Fairy Eater Chess https://fairyeaterchess.blogspot.com/ 

Ilampozhil25

a ghost is also an alfilrider + dabaabahrider or alilaba rider happy.png

Pokshtya
Ilampozhil25 wrote:

a ghost is also an alfilrider + dabaabahrider or alilaba rider

there is no place for alibaba or alilaba rider in a dark fantasy world wink.png

Ilampozhil25

true

 

but you gave a classical name to all other pieces, why not the ghost?

Pokshtya

the name itself is ideal for the given ambience

Pokshtya

Dark Mode is now available 

https://games.dtco.ru/map 

Ilampozhil25

oh my god this adds to the darkness

maybe new design for chancellor, archbishop, and knightrider

also who are the fairies to be eaten in fairy eater chess?

Pokshtya
Ilampozhil25 wrote:

oh my god this adds to the darkness

maybe new design for chancellor, archbishop, and knightrider

also who are the fairies to be eaten in fairy eater chess?

fairy chess pieces or simply fairies

it's about "fairy chess" isn't it?

Pokshtya
thegamingmaster711 wrote:

Thats sick! How did you make that?

 

What do you mean?

You can play against AI (much stronger than the fairy stockfish engine wink.png)

Duck

I love the pictures and the names!!! happy.png 

Pokshtya
ScatteredWealth wrote:

I love the pictures and the names!!!  

Thank you! 

Pokshtya

The very first Human (White) vs Engine (Black) game in Fairy Eater Chess.

Ilampozhil25
Pokshtya wrote:
thegamingmaster711 wrote:

Thats sick! How did you make that?

 

What do you mean?

You can play against AI (much stronger than the fairy stockfish engine )

no... i thought they were supposed to be sparring partners not very strong behemoths in chess variant pages

Pokshtya

They are not partners. This is Garbo engine and it is much more stronger than fairy-stockfish evil.png

Pokshtya

I like this simple and at the same time not quite obvious mate in one move.

This puzzle perfectly describes Fairy Eater Chess as a whole.

The main character in this position is the Nightrider on d3:
1. Nh1# and now the Shield on e7 can't protect the Sorcerer from the Ghost on d1.

StopTakingMyRooks

chess 2 

holy hell

Pokshtya
StopTakingMyRooks wrote:

chess 2 

holy hell

I'm glad you're impressed

Rory_Mcgillicudy_sucks
Kinda hard to think of tactics and mates.