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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Check. I think."

gets out binoculars

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Assembling a surveying kit on my end of the board to prove a slight curvature and thereby spare myself a humiliating defeat.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah yes, Vladimir Putin's preferred chessboard.

[–] DahGangalang 6 points 1 year ago

Naw, I think his would have the pieces set up as standard, but with all the extra space behind his troop lines.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

You can push pieces off the board?

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

I SAID ENNNN PASSSSAA...

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

OR OR OR, seeing as there's plenty of room for everyone, there's no need for war?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is gonna take all day.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Chess with some cardio

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
[–] livingcoder@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago

I would love to see professional chess players give this a fair chance. The clock could stop when they declare their move verbally (ensuring that the game doesn't devolve into an endurance test) and start up again for the next player upon the move being completed.

[–] sdcSpade@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

I prefer the wide game just to see the King run a marathon to castle up.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The 2fooooooooooooooooooort of chess

[–] fool@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. e4 d197
  2. e5 d196
  3. e6 d195
  4. e7 d194
  5. e8 d193
  6. e9 d192
  7. e10 d191
    ...
  8. e100 d101
  9. exd101 Scandinavian Gambit Accepted
[–] Allero@lemmy.today 8 points 1 year ago

Queens and rooks are gonna dominate the field, everything else being barely useful

[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 1 year ago

Less chess and more chore.

[–] teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

new version just dropped

imagine getting hit by the 200 square away rook in the corner

[–] HaleHirsute 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

New response just dropped

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Extremely long opening game chess variant

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)