Elements Chess - Rules

[Shantu]

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=dcp7zrd6_8f8c26r3p&authkey=CPf55qMK (https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=dcp7zrd6_8f8c26r3p&authkey=CPf55qMK)

A game to show you how it would work in Google Presentation. Click on Start presentation, then on speaker notes (Actions -> Show speaker notes).
Thoughts?

[Genuinous]

Nice job. Would it be possible to add 2 different color? I know they are facing in the other way, but it get's confusing. I think it would help both the spectators and the player. Just like in regular chess

[truddy02]

I asked about this before and didn't get a response but it seems you win by checkmate and not by actually having to take the king.  With multiple moves allowed what about a situation where your first move puts the player in check and your second move would allow you to actually attack the king?

[OldTrees]

I asked about this before and didn't get a response but it seems you win by checkmate and not by actually having to take the king.  With multiple moves allowed what about a situation where your first move puts the player in check and your second move would allow you to actually attack the king?

A piece can move only once per turn. You can move multiple pieces once each but not one piece multiple times.
I do not know the answer to your other question.

[truddy02]

You don't have to be able to move a single piece multiple times.  If my bishop is between my rook and your king, you are not in check.  Now I move my bishop, you are in check and it is still my turn.  I can move my rook and take your king.  What happens now?

[Shantu]

Good point. The idea is this: the king cannot be attacked directly like other pieces. The only way to 'kill' it is through check mate, or if the king attacks your piece and loses. So in your example, the king could be moved away by your opponent in his turn, even if you could attack it.

Also, if you have more than one action a turn and your king is in check, your first action must be saving the king.

[johannhowitzer]

The issue of check/mate is not as complex as it sounds.  All it means is that on your turn, you are in check if your opponent could capture your king with his current number of moves.  Since each piece can move only once per turn, this means that bishops', rooks', and queens' lines of attack merely need to be examined past any friendly pieces, provided the pieces in the way can be moved.  In chess jargon, "discovered check" threats are actually checks.

[hugebidan]

You don't have to be able to move a single piece multiple times.  If my bishop is between my rook and your king, you are not in check.  Now I move my bishop, you are in check and it is still my turn.  I can move my rook and take your king.  What happens now?

if you actually know how to play chess you would know its basic principles...

[truddy02]

You don't have to be able to move a single piece multiple times.  If my bishop is between my rook and your king, you are not in check.  Now I move my bishop, you are in check and it is still my turn.  I can move my rook and take your king.  What happens now?

if you actually know how to play chess you would know its basic principles...

I'm not sure what you are trying to say here but the issue was with multiple moves per turn which is not a basic principle of chess, at least in no version I have played.

[Genuinous]

You don't have to be able to move a single piece multiple times.  If my bishop is between my rook and your king, you are not in check.  Now I move my bishop, you are in check and it is still my turn.  I can move my rook and take your king.  What happens now?

if you actually know how to play chess you would know its basic principles...

I'm not sure what you are trying to say here but the issue was with multiple moves per turn which is not a basic principle of chess, at least in no version I have played.

In chess you can't do a move, which would result in you being checked. So the same rule applies here.

[ddevans96]

if you actually know how to play chess you would know its basic principles...

Not sure what you're trying to accomplish with this post, in any way.

In chess you can't do a move, which would result in you being checked. So the same rule applies here.

He is not talking about making a move to put yourself in check, he is talking about a move to put your opponent in check.

[truddy02]

It's not moving into check, it is making a discovered check and being able to move again.  I think this has been resolved by johan's explanation though.

Ninja'd by ddevans.