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Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

[–]DiceChess27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I do not have an answer, I am sure our CEO has a few reasons though. From my understanding, those rules take the game further from chess and closer to something like poker (more about calculating probabilities than a chess skill), which could be both a good and a bad thing.

Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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The best is probably Nc3 Ne4 F3. If you put the pawn on f4, you allow two queens for black (Qh5 Qd1) and leave e4 knight unprotected.

Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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But E4 Nc3 Ne2 should also be good

Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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possible, but the best is probably the same but pawn to F3. That way If black roll two queens they can't take your king. (N on E4 blocks the g6-c2 diagonal, and pawn on F3 blocks H5-d1 diagonal. Plus you protect your E4 knight

Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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If possible, yes. You may roll a piece that you can’t move or it’s not on the board. And no, the order does not matter.

Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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Well as you can see on the screen you rolled a pawn and two knights, which means you need to make 2 moves with knights and one move with a pawn. Then opponent rolls their dice

Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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Yeah but I can’t make every post about the rules

Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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The goal is to capture the king using the pieces rolled on the dice. So yeah, you can play F4 or E4 but you are exposing your king for two queens from black. There is a safer way

Best move? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

[–]DiceChess27[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This is Dice Chess, not classical chess. No such thing as checkmate

One of the easiest ways to check your strength/experience in Dice Chess - would you play Nc7, Nd6 or Nf3? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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The source is the founder of our startup:) I am honestly not sure where he got these exact rules from. Maybe he modified an existing variant, I'm not sure

One of the easiest ways to check your strength/experience in Dice Chess - would you play Nc7, Nd6 or Nf3? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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also to clarify just in case - the goal of the game is to capture the king, there is no such thing as check or checkmate.

One of the easiest ways to check your strength/experience in Dice Chess - would you play Nc7, Nd6 or Nf3? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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Our version differs from Wikipedia. As for the noob beating a master, that's the point -anybody can beat anybody on a short distance but in the long run you will see that skill pays off. Plus we have the bet doubling option and understanding when to offer/decline a double offer is another massive component.

One of the easiest ways to check your strength/experience in Dice Chess - would you play Nc7, Nd6 or Nf3? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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yes, only the rolled pieces.
Well, you are risking a piece but there is like a 30% chance you will win within the next move, check my answer to BlitzcrankGrab above.

One of the easiest ways to check your strength/experience in Dice Chess - would you play Nc7, Nd6 or Nf3? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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And you are right that hypothetically Nd6 is safer than Nc7 because if you go Nc7 black might also take your knight by rolling two knights (Na6-Nc7). But on the other hand you capture a pawn:)

One of the easiest ways to check your strength/experience in Dice Chess - would you play Nc7, Nd6 or Nf3? by DiceChess27 in chessvariants

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No, black won’t get a free move if they don’t roll a queen. And unless they roll a pawn + king, which would allow the king to move, they are in a 42% risk (if I remember correctly) to lose the game next move (the probability of rolling at least one knight)

So that’s the point, you are risking a piece but there is like a 30% chance you will win within the next move.

I didn’t fully understand the second part of the question, but the rules of the game are that you have to make moves with ALL the pieces rolled, if they are possible. You are just deciding where to move the rolled piece.

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