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| From | Message | Posted by cyberknight999
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1/16/2008
17:31:42
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Has anyone other than me ever heard of this game? Has anyone ever played? Does anyone own a Quadrachess set?
| Posted by chessnovice
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1/16/2008
19:49:11
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I have one. I played it with Knightmare chess cards with a few friends of mine. It turned out to be a several-hour-long brain melter, and strategy was becoming more social with alliances and advice and such.
It's interesting and worth at least a couple tries, like most chess variations are.
| Posted by cyberknight999
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1/17/2008
12:02:34
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Actually, Quadrachess (or at least the game I am familiar with) is a 2 to 4 player game. There is a special board. Its a standard chessboard plus an additional half chessboard on all four sides of the board. Each army occupies one of these wings. There are several variations that can be played. The game is produced by The California Game Company in San Jose, CA.
www.QuadraChess.com
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Anand's missed opportunity — The chess World Championship is on a knife-edge. But Anand could have made a mark in this game. Anand and Topalov go into the 12th game of their chess match today with scores level. If drawn, tie-break rapid games will be played on Thursday. Topalov's declaration before the match that he would neither offer nor accept a draw has clearly had a liberating effect on both players, resulting in one of the most entertaining world chess championship finals we have seen in years. All the games have been long and hard-fought, so it's hardly surprising that tiredness is affecting play. Anand missed several chances to win in game 9, Topalov had a promising endgame in game 10 but ...
Posted by chessnovice
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1/17/2008
13:23:45
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Yeah, I looked up the board just to be certain that I was talking about the same thing, and it is. It has those extra rows on each side just like you described. Perhaps "variation" was just a wrong word choice...
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Playing for the World Title, Minus Any Fireworks — Before a world chess championship match, players spend months looking at their opponent’s games and studying opening systems, often with the aid of chess computers and databases. They also hire trainers, who are called seconds, to help. It is a time- and labor-intensive process. That is one of the reasons that fans look forward to the chess matches. They want to see what the players will do and what new ideas they have discovered, particularly in the openings. The current world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has been as closely contested as predicted. But there have been no eye-opening innovations. Game ...
Posted by lighttotheright
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1/17/2008
13:25:53
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Apparently there are rule variations. It looks like QuadraChess is just a brand name for 4 way chess. I've played against a 4 way chess java program that 'sucked' big time. I won easily. Despite this experience, I can see how it might be an OK game. It would be much more social.
As far I can see, it is not quite an addition half board added to each side. It is just 3 additional rows per side, not 4. The board looks sort of like a cross. And you now have 64 center squares; that's OK because your opponent is Not across from you. Play is very different. Your team mate is across from you. You alternate turns with your opponents seated adjacent to you on either side. You do get weird dynamics; but the change is easy to cope with.
The main advantage is that it is a social game. You and your team mate have to coordinate. In a real game, I'm not sure how this is done. You don't want to let the other team know your plan. Yet, maybe lack of coordination between you and your team mate is part of the game.
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With Another Draw, Chess Championship Match Remains Tied — Game 10 of the world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, ended in a relatively uneventful draw on Friday. With only two games remaining in the best-of-12 series, the players are tied with 5 points apiece. If the match should remain tied after the last two games — which is a real possibility at the moment — it would go to a tie-breaker of four rapid games (each player starts with 25 minutes and has 10 seconds added to his time after each move). Such a tie-breaker was used in the 2006 world chess championship match between Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. After each player won a game, and one ended ...
Posted by chessnovice
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1/17/2008
14:34:39
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I remember that the last time I played, players would leave the room to discuss strategy. :p
I'm sure you could develop some "house rules" for how to regulate those kinds of details.
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Title Match Remains Tied After Champion Misses Win — With the world chess championship match having entered a critical stage, Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, switched openings in Game 9, hoping to recapture momentum and the lead that he relinquished with a loss in Game 8. He almost did. But, with victory in sight, Anand faltered and missed a couple of winning continuations, which allowed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the challenger, to salvage the game and keep the best-of-12 match tied. In each of the previous games he had White, Anand had steered the opening into the Catalan system, which is solid, but not too dynamic. In Game 9, he played 3 Nc3 instead of 3 Nf3 for the first time. That gave Topalov ...
Posted by lighttotheright
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1/17/2008
15:29:24
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While looking through the Internet, I found one variation that does not allow communication between partners. In fact, communication about the game concerning specific moves or strategy is penalized by a loss of turn.
I've seen different rules for what happens to the pieces when an opponent is checkmated. One version calls for the pieces to be removed from the board, while another calls for the pieces to remain. When they remain, the pieces are completely inactive. Even the King can move through what was formerly an attacked square. A King can even move directly next to an inactive King. If you move your King next to your former teammates inactive King, then the game is a draw. If the pieces remain, then the checkmate can legally be relieved by either a team mate or opponent. When this happens, the pieces become active again and the player who was out of the game is now back in.
At least one version (perhaps all of them) states that there is no promotion of the pawn when reaching the back rank. The pawn goes forward; when it reaches the other side of the board, it then reverses direction and even attacks backward. Also, pawns leap over teammate pawns. The only way to promote a pawn is for the pawn to reach one of your opponent's back rank. This can only be done through a series of captures. Pawns that are going backwards must be specially marked. The En Passant rule still applies when there is a double pawn move, but the capture is now done at right angles because you cannot capture your own teammates pieces.
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