AnarchyChess

Ignore the mouse cursor at c6.

Knook has algebraic notation symbol of O and called up last minute to fill in for Kingside Bishops' who went on vaction, they wont come back while the game is running.

1. d4 d5
2. Oe3 Og6
3. Nf3 Nh6

Unless the game finishes earlier, Blacks 6th move will be significantly longer, around 8 hours due to sleep.

Black is slated to get a long time to move in a few hours ( to counter for moving second). If the game is still going 24 hours after that, white will get long time to move.

Whites move and Blacks following move will be at 120 minutes, then afterwards it'll be 60 minutes for a few turns. The next post may have a delay in getting a graphic up

Image to be uploaded shortly.

Ive added a FAQ to the first post of the game. https://lemmy.world/post/2490148

Attempts to play a shorter time frame hit snags with lag and federation, so the scheduled 2nd game in 11 hours is cancelled and being replaced with this longer timeframe game.

Im keeping the Kingside Knooks as starting pieces, and pawns can promote to Knooks. Other AnarchyChess rules are not legal for now, but i will consider bringing them into the game im playing this on AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktop at some point. The goal was to modify an Open Source chess game to include a Knook and this is a way to playtest with some people with much higher ELO than myself.

I want the game to go reasonably quickly, but still be open to everyone and will use variable time controls. Commenters will have a minimum of 30 minutes to make a move, typically 60 minutes , and a multi hour timeslot for overnight. I dont want to just play myself, so i might extend the next timeslot if they finish and no one else has made a legal move. Each timeslot, i'll add a "placeholder" move which will be default if no one else comments. I will remove my upvote, so anyone commenting should be top comment.

Let me know if you have any questions.

FAQ: **Will this be a regular thing ? ** No, Its the first real game using the code and i want to see if anything breaks. More gameplay testing will likely be done over at https://lemmy.world/c/anarchychessgaminglounge . If new rules like Siberian swipe come into play, another game here could be held.

**The top comment was resign, why isnt the game over ? ** ~~I recently announced i'd be running two games so anyone anywhere in the world could participate if they want, the second was due to kickoff in about 10 hours. I'm going to keep the game at an hourly time increment and veto any resigns until then. ~~ Update: Top comment of resign will now be honoured.

**Different time increments ? ** Throughout my day, i am away from the computer but other times, i'm close to it. If im close , i might shorten the timeframe to be 30mins. if i shorten a move for white, i'll shorten the next move for black and vice versa.

One side will get a long time to move while i sleep, which side won't be known until its bedtime. I might alternate sides each night.

**Atleast X minutes ? ** Things will get in the way, its not top priority so whatever time i get back to the game after X minutes have elapsed it the time, but the next post shouldnt be too long after the X minutes have elapsed. Im aiming for 10 minutes and am adjusting the minutes accordingly.

Why is there no image up yet ? Im away from the board some times, but can record moves, make new posts and edit in the image later. It shouldnt be too long without an image.

**Two are tied for top comment. Which one wins ? ** I will lean to whichever is older, and pick one.

The ice age continues.

This is triggering my OCD lmao
Hopefully that's a sufficiently slight pan

Top comment in 120 sec is next move

Game 1/2 is about to start. 2nd game in approx 12 hours. 2 minutes after each move, top comment makes the next move. After white and black have made a move, top comment of resign will be respected.

The Kingside bishop had to leave, something to do with beads. Kings asked Knooks to join the starting pieces.

Promotion to Knooks is now possible.

In just under 11 hours the first of two top comments decide next move games will start. Ive gotten blessing from the mod team to host.

Before anyone gets concerned about Spam, im not planning on this being a regular thing here and after each side makes a move, i will honour top comments of "Resign" to end the game.

I will post screenshots of the board, set a 2 minute timer and then take the top legal comment, do the move and make a new post with the updated board position. So it'll be a bit longer than 2 minutes from post to post.

The first one kicks off at 9pm UTC (just under 11 hours from now) and the second one starts 9am UTC to give people from all timezones a chance to play.

The only Anarchy rule in play is promotion to a Knook which has the algebraic letter of "O", but comments like Knook to e5 should work. Knooks look like a rook with a K tattoo.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I plan to make a comment to this post shortly prior to game on.