Forchess
Forchess is a chess variant for four players invented by the American TK Rogers . The game uses a normal chess board and two normal sets of chess pieces.
However, the stones of all four players must be different, e.g. B. color or style, since each player can only move his own pieces.
Game overview
| a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H | ||
| 8th | K | T | S. | B. | B. | L. | T | K | 8th |
| 7th | T | D. | L. | B. | B. | S. | D. | T | 7th |
| 6th | L. | S. | B. | B. | L. | S. | 6th | ||
| 5 | B. | B. | B. | B. | B. | B. | B. | B. | 5 |
| 4th | B. | B. | B. | B. | B. | B. | B. | B. | 4th |
| 3 | S. | L. | B. | B. | S. | L. | 3 | ||
| 2 | T | D. | S. | B. | B. | L. | D. | T | 2 |
| 1 | K | T | L. | B. | B. | S. | T | K | 1 |
| a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H |
The four chess players form two teams in Forchess. At the beginning of the game, each player provides one quadrant of the chessboard with a complete set of chess pieces, whereby a pawn is not required. The partners playing together sit diagonally across from each other. The diagram on the right shows the initial layout of the board (K = king , D = queen , T = rook , L = bishop , S = knight and B = pawn ).
The pawn's move direction
The pawn is the only piece that has a different direction of movement than in normal chess . In Forchess he doesn't move on the lines, but always diagonally. The pawn, on the other hand, does not hit diagonally, but always forwards or to the side. The pawns can never take a double step or capture en passant .
Checkmate
In Forchess there is neither a checkmate nor a stalemate , as kings can be captured like other chess pieces. The game is over when either party has lost both kings or has given up before.
history
TK Rogers developed Forchess in 1975 to combine the strategy game of chess with the camaraderie of a card game like bridge . During the game, the partners are also allowed to discuss a coordinated strategy; but this is only loud and audible to the other party.
In 1992 he published the game instructions as a book called Forchess: The Ultimate Social Game . In addition to the rules, the book Forchess also contains game strategies and Roger's method of evaluating chess games, known as the “influence indicator”. Since 1996 the instructions have also been on the website “www.intuitor.com”.
The inventor's two sons founded the first forchess club in 1992 called “Forchess Knights”, which met weekly until 1999.
Web links
- Forchess instructions (Engl.)