Honestly this board might be a great equaliser to see how good someone is at chess without being able to rely on recognising patterns.
AnarchyChess
Holy hell
Other chess communities:
!Chess@lemmy.ml
!chessbeginners@sh.itjust.works
I don't play chess, like maybe once every few years at most, so I know nothing about the patterns. But I noticed that pros usually made moves that put their opponent in an equal or worse predicament than their own.
A friend who regularly played speed chess played against me, without time limit of course because that would've been a stomp. I used the simple principle I figured out above and was winning for most of the game.
I basically depth-first searched every single move (the game lasted nearly three hours though).
I only lost at the end because I got tired and stopped doing the exhausting search in my mind.
DrUNk CHeSs
Sleep deprivation chess.
Chess but NOT by the British guy who drew everyone's borders: