Thank you for your swift, and candid response, it is much appreciated. I will try to address your evaluation of my variant.
A. “The opening scenario is unnecessary and inappropriate.â€
It wasn’t my intention to offend; I grew watching a lot of cop shows and movies like SWAT, my father is a veteran of past wars and a retired police detective team; I enjoyed watching the commando teams repelling down the sides of office buildings, storming and crashing through windows, to take out the bad guys! I have nothing but great respect and humility for the men and women who do the job.
“A force of commandos & terrorists would not bring their King into a battle, nor would the forces be identical.†Yes, this is a theme variant, besides a force of commandos & terrorist would have a King leading them anyway, moreover, chess is a game aren’t both side supposed to be even?
B. “The 3-D board has all the white squares above or below the other white squares in a vertical columnâ€
Yes, the idea was to stack the boards one above the other, like floors in a building.
C. “From your description . . . what is your intention?â€
All pieces moves as in standard chess, this includes the Queen, I gave the Queen this added power so as to threaten the King -- if the King is unprotected, but only on the same level.
My intention is to reduce the Kings mobility.
Checkmate:
The White Queen above and below prevents the King from escaping. The level with the red edges represents the Queens control. There is no Black Queen.
Mr. Webb;
Thank you for your swift, and candid response, it is much appreciated. I will try to address your evaluation of my variant.
A. “The opening scenario is unnecessary and inappropriate.†It wasn’t my intention to offend; I grew watching a lot of cop shows and movies like SWAT, my father is a veteran of past wars and a retired police detective team; I enjoyed watching the commando teams repelling down the sides of office buildings, storming and crashing through windows, to take out the bad guys! I have nothing but great respect and humility for the men and women who do the job.
“A force of commandos & terrorists would not bring their King into a battle, nor would the forces be identical.†Yes, this is a theme variant, besides a force of commandos & terrorist would have a King leading them anyway, moreover, chess is a game aren’t both side supposed to be even?
B. “The 3-D board has all the white squares above or below the other white squares in a vertical columnâ€
Yes, the idea was to stack the boards one above the other, like floors in a building.
C. “From your description . . . what is your intention?†All pieces moves as in standard chess, this includes the Queen, I gave the Queen this added power so as to threaten the King -- if the King is unprotected, but only on the same level.
My intention is to reduce the Kings mobility.
Checkmate:
The White Queen above and below prevents the King from escaping. The level with the red edges represents the Queens control. There is no Black Queen.