Fischer chess

I propose to implement Fischer chess. You could choose a position ID (0-960) or have it generated randomly.

It seems that my idea needs a little publicity. Fischer's chess is a chess game where the pieces in the last row are shuffled according to the following rules: * the king must be between the rooks. * the lances cannot be on squares of the same color. * the location of the black pieces is mirrored to the white ones. * castling is basically the same as in regular chess. At the end of castling, the king and rook must be in the same place, as in standard chess - white has a large castling Kc1 Rd1, small Kg1 Rf1. Black has the 8th row, respectively. More precisely from Wikipedia. It is a game in which knowledge of the openings does not play a role so much as playing skill. I have played it a little myself and I would say that it adds quite a bit of spice to the game of chess.

Hello, The problem is this: A game can be interesting and exciting, but if users don't start playing it, it's pointless for us to invest in developing it. Examples include pickles (1459 games) and three fires (421 games). If we compare them with chess (41518 games), we can see that so-called derivatives are played, but relatively few. In conclusion - if at least 10 users support your idea on this forum, we will do a small analysis and say how long it will take us to develop it. Best regards, Vint.ee Team

I've played this game a few times and it was pretty exciting. The opponent had a normal button layout and I had changed it, but it still didn't allow for theory and it added a lot of spice to the game. I think it's totally playable, and if not really, then it can be pushed back a bit in terms of priorities.

*Definitely* Fischer's chess is not a derivative in the sense that the rules of chess remain the same -- just the starting position is different. Derivatives are those where the rules of the game are changed -- a.k.a. the game lasts until the other opponent makes a third mistake ;) So it could still be done (it shouldn't be difficult to "implement" it.) And my respects to Grandmaster Fischer.

Should the position ID be selectable at all? Perhaps it would be better to always generate this ID randomly. In Fisher chess tournaments, it would probably also make sense to generate a random starting position for each game.

What about castling in Fischer chess? The Wikipedia explanation was incomprehensible... Is it possible to castle from any position of the king and rook, as long as the final position is the same as in regular chess?

Does anyone have experience playing Fischer chess online? Or does anyone have a computer program where you can play it?

The same rules apply to castling - the king and rook must not have moved, you cannot castling through fire. The starting position is the same as the opening, the end is the same as in regular chess. It also applies if the rook is on the king. I've played it, there should be a help file on Ficsis about this.