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Diplomat Chess. Round-board variant with a Diplomat to suborn opponents. (Cells: 43) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Anonymous wrote on Mon, Jun 30, 2003 05:07 AM UTC:

First of all, I must apologize for 'abandoning' my own game (and, actually not entering any of the Chess Variant Pages) for months, due to some reasons I shall not explain here, that made me forget everything about this contest. I also must admit that I hadn't played my game for all this time, actually. Fortunately, I'm back here again to have a look at the other entries and vote them. Then, I have some other things to explain, I'll try to keep an order: 1.- I would like to tell Mr. Kuschinski that I by no means find his comments harsh, and that I shall always welcome sincere comments. I give my permission to you (and to anyone, actually) to review my game, even negatively, if it's your sincere opinion. Nevertheless, I think that not all entrants seem to be as ready as I am to read comments about their games, maybe you should be careful when you state your opinion about other people's games; some of them might feel a bit offended. 2.- When I took the '3-Times Repetition Rule' for my game, I was thinking of it in order to avoid two Diplomats alternately suborn the same piece. The first to suborn has a little advantage, since the third time the opponent must make another movement to avoid draw. 3.- You say 'it seems that the first player to safely place a piece in the center is certainly the winner', but if you had read my text before, you would have found: 'If you can place any piece in the centre so that your enemy cannot capture it (which is far more difficult than it sounds) you have almost won, since pieces in the centre have increased powers' or 'In this game, all pieces have increased powers when in the centre, although that is a risky position where they are exposed to more attacks'. I admit that it is quite easy to place a piece in the centre, but not so easy to keep it :) If you mean that white can place a pawn in the centre before black does, then I absolutely agree with you. 4.- Finally, as for the powerful pieces being able to move so soon, I remember intending it so. I even got to count the movement possibilities at the opening, and used to be proud that they were so much higher than in FIDE Chess. Thank you for spending your time with my game :)