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I don't think it would be particularly fun.
Sacrifice a tower (I forgot the English name) to get access to a corner, then get the queen in the lower left/right corner within 3 moves.
Then pick up the pawns one after the other from behind. The pawns themselves cannot move quickly to the other side because they need to keep a "triangle" formation for safety which requires time to build up.
The word you're looking for is Rook.
Still, a good way to get rid of some troublesome pawns.
I'm not sure a sacrifice is even needed. You just need to get the queen to the backline and wreak havoc.
If they stay in formation you can always force a sacrifice. The pawns will always capture at least one piece.
Yeah, but you can kill off like three elites towards one side and you'll have open access to get behind the pawns with a queen or rook and just lay waste unchecked.
Yeah, that's what the first comment above was saying. The one I responded to was wondering if a sacrifice is necessary, and I'm pretty sure it 100% is. It's still trivial to win, but you do need to lose a piece.
But the queen can move diagonally between the formation.
Yeah, there are ways it could be done, but only if the other player makes a horrible mistake. You wouldn't leave an opening like that where the queen can move. Maybe with queens, bishops, and knights combined you could force an opening. I don't know. It seems unlikely though. I guess a key exploit would be that they have to always move forward, but you can stall forever. Maybe that allows you to exploit a gap.
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And if a pawn gets promoted, it's a class traitor and becomes your opponent's piece?
how about that counts as breaching the armoury and having access to their weapons?
becomes a stalin piece
Is this a commentary on how some of the pawns get to the end and become Queens, thus perpetuating the cycle?
It would be funny if there was a condition that made them join the other side after being promoted.
When the pawn get to the end trotski and lenin die mysteriously
Once you show the horsies that they're being treated like disposable animals it's gg
Anecdotal but I have not enjoyed it so far.
I remember playing something similar back in the day, the difference was that the pawn side got to move twice each turn.
What happens if one of the ruling class pieces gets behind the pawns, couldn't they pick them off slowly?
Pawns can be promoted to queens when they get to the other side, and when the elite pieces get past the pawns they get promoted to 'media', and can slowly, but surely, pick them off.
Variations like this are pretty standard for chess students.
Seems way too stacked in favor of black. In fact, I feel like it's a forced win in like 30 moves or less. Can someone knowledgeble plug this into fairy stockfish or something to confirm?
