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Ben Reiniger wrote on Sat, Jan 28, 2023 09:01 PM EST:The queen and wizard don't slide then, correct?
Checkmate might be rather difficult here, but I haven't thought too much about it; the pieces are weaker than many 4D variants, but it's also a very small space.
Note that the knights cannot reach the centermost square. I was wrong here, see subsequent comments.
Bn Em wrote on Sun, Jan 29, 2023 01:57 PM EST in reply to Ben Reiniger from Sat Jan 28 09:01 PM:the knights cannot reach the centermost square
Afaict the second part of the N's move is optional here, so it may make one‐step orthogonal moves and thus access the central square if needed. So it's more a Rhino than a traditional Knight
Ben Reiniger wrote on Sun, Jan 29, 2023 03:44 PM EST in reply to Bn Em from 01:57 PM:Afaict the second part of the N's move is optional here[...]
Ah, you're absolutely right.
The queen and wizard don't slide then, correct?
That is correct.
Checkmate might be rather difficult here, but I haven't thought too much about it; the pieces are weaker than many 4D variants, but it's also a very small space.
It's been possible in my testing, but I'm not super good at chess, so I could be missing something.
I don't know how it plays but conceptually aesthetical. I were thinking of something similar but 6-dimensional: 2x2x2x2x2x=64.
~Daniil Frolov, lazy to remember the password.
Ben Reiniger wrote on Wed, Jul 26, 2023 09:45 AM EDT in reply to Daniil Frolov from Tue Jul 25 12:28 PM:@Daniil: Parton's Ecila was on (asymmetric) 2^6, and the Variant Chess magazine took up an interest in fleshing out rules. See https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/ecila#notes.
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The graphics on this page could use some work. The piece images are very small and somewhat indistinct. I would recommend using the Diagram Designer and choosing a piece set that suits your game. Most of your pieces can already be found in some sets.