Paul
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Re: OT: double-move chess
Posted:
Jan 31, 2012 5:50 AM
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On Jan 30, 8:20 pm, Butch Malahide <fred.gal...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Actually, a form of double-move chess called "Marseillais Chess" had
> been around since the 1920s. The difference is that, in Marseillais
> chess, you can't move into check (and if you're in check you must get
> out of check) on the *first* of your two moves, and you can only give
> check on the *last* move of your turn; so the game ends with a normal
> mate. The novelty of "my" version was ignoring check and playing to
> capture the king, which makes a much faster-paced game. Capturing the
> K seems like the more obvious way to play, and I'd guess that's
> probably the way most of the other double-move chess inventors played
> it. Is that the way it was played at your school?
>
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We played Marseillais chess (although I didn't know it was called that
before your posting.)
Thanks for the info.
Paul Epstein
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