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A player can either move one piece twice (this is the source of the famous trap in the "balanced" version of the game where White opening with pawn-two appears to be trivially busted by an unprincipled defense with the pawn on an adjacent file) or move two different pieces on their turn.
In December 2024, Chess.com announced a new monitoring program named Proctor, which they intend to replace Zoom calls with. The program consists of a browser with tracking features attached, and Chess.com reports that it monitors players' screens, running programs, and camera and audio feeds. In their announcement post, Chess.com compares ...
Generally, because basic Dark chess rules are universal with respect to its "parent" classical variant, any 2-player chess variant may be played "in dark". SchemingMind provides some of the variations. Dark chess (checkmate) – standard rules of check apply (a player is notified when its king is in check, and the king cannot move into check).
Marseillais chess (or Two-move chess): After the first turn of the game by White being a single move, each player moves twice per turn. Monster chess (or Super King ): White has the king and four pawns (c2-f2) against the entire black army but may make two successive moves per turn.
The Vienna Game is an opening in chess that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3. White's second move is less common than 2.Nf3, and is also more recent. The original idea behind the Vienna Game was to play a delayed King's Gambit with f4 (the Vienna Gambit), but in modern play White often plays more quietly (for example, by fianchettoing their king's bishop with g3 and Bg2).
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Computer assistance has altered correspondence chess. As players with poor chess knowledge can use the strongest computer programs to analyse their games, the gap between the beginner and master player has narrowed. The decline in the popularity of traditional postal correspondence chess occurred at the end of the 20th century.
The "immortal snail" scenario has circulated the internet since 2014, but it's just now made its way to TikTok. The Rooster Teeth Podcast uploaded a clip from their podcast to YouTube.