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TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝David Paulowich wrote on Sat, Mar 11, 2006 01:55 AM UTC:
See Ralph Betza's first 'ugly ASCII diagram' here for his idea of shifting the standard 8x8 initial setup to the center of a 16x16 board. I started with a similar idea on a 10x10 board and added some more pawns and pieces.

1.f3-f5 g8-g7 2.e3-e4 King f9-g8 3.Bishop g2-f3 King g8-h7 4.Bishop f3-i6 uses both Bishops to checkmate in TenCubed Chess. This mate also works on the 16x16 board.

1.Wizard d1-e4 e8-e7 2.Wizard e4-b5 Bishop d9-e8 3.Wizard b5-e6 is the shortest mate in TenCubed Chess. This mate will also work if wizards are replaced by camels.


H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, May 8, 2021 06:16 PM UTC:
files=10 ranks=10 satellite=tencubed graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ promoZone=1 maxPromote=1 squareSize=50 graphicsType=png lightShade=#FFFFD0 startShade=#4F705F rimColor=#7F3700 coordColor=#FFDEAD borders=0 firstRank=1 useMarkers=1 promoChoice=QAC symmetry=mirror pawn::::a3-j3 knight:N:::c2,h2 bishop::::d2,g2 rook::::b2,i2 champion::::c1,h1 wizard:::moon:d1,g1 archbishop:::cardinal:e1 marshall:::chancellor:f1 queen::::e2 king::K::f2

TenCubed Chess


    Kevin Pacey wrote on Mon, Feb 13, 2023 08:46 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

    Nice mixture of pieces in this variant!

    edit: Also, this CV reminds me a little of Opulent Chess:

    https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/opulent-chess

    edit2: Two CVs that might have been inspired by TenCubed Chess (but weren't):

    https://www.chessvariants.com/play/soho-chess

    https://www.chessvariants.com/play/wide-soho-chess


    Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Feb 14, 2023 02:16 AM UTC in reply to Kevin Pacey from Mon Feb 13 08:46 PM:Excellent ★★★★★

    TenCubed and Opulent were both entries in the 10 Contest.  David and I both decided to use the number 10 by having 10 piece types on an 10-by-10 board, so they are pretty similar.  Although Opulent has seen more play, I think TenCubed is probably the better game.  I have had a very difficult time getting a good opening array in Opulent.  It needs to change yet again ...


    💡📝David Paulowich wrote on Mon, Feb 27, 2023 10:02 PM UTC:

    HELP! Both this game and Shatranj Kamil (64) are missing the "As the author of this page..." message box that grants me access. EDIT: Okay. Thanks for the info.

    Estimated endgame piece values on the 10x10 board:

    Pawn=1, Knight=3, Bishop=3.5, Wizard=3.5, Champion=4.5, Rook=5.5, Archbishop=8.5, Chancellor=9.5, Queen=10. A Queen equals two Bishops and a Knight. Also a Queen equals Rook and Bishop plus one Pawn.


    Greg Strong wrote on Mon, Feb 27, 2023 11:47 PM UTC in reply to David Paulowich from 10:02 PM:

    That's because this page is a static HTML page, not a database-driven dynamic page like later entries. (You'll notice the icon is different -- the dynamic pages have a solid blue square with a lower-case letter m).

    What changes would you like to make?


    💡📝David Paulowich wrote on Tue, Feb 28, 2023 12:43 AM UTC:

    Nothing special planned for this page. Anything like new endgame piece values can easily be added in a Comment.

    Thanks for the quick reply.


    fxzfz fxzfz wrote on Sat, Jun 15 01:14 PM UTC:

    Why disallowing castling? At least I feel comfortable castling in this larger chess board in the game of shako, another 10x10 variant.

    In addition, I would love to see that both cannons and elephants (in shako) are also added to the current army setup of tencubed. i.e. cannons at the corners with elephants in front of the cannons. With so many minor pieces added, the game would be very complicated but with much more fun. :)


    💡📝David Paulowich wrote on Mon, Jul 1 11:21 AM UTC:

    TenCubed Chess represents a vision that I had for variants two decades ago.

    If you are ever looking for a very different game with Cannons and (non-Shako) Elephants, then I would recommend my Shatranj Kamil X. The idea was to create a 22 piece Army with roughly the same strength as the 16 piece FIDE Army on the 10x10 board.


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