Hi chess fans!
Did you really think we would do a summer break without some fun chess tournament?
Well, this Friday, the 21th July, at 19h GMT there will be exactly such an event!
OPEN TO ALL SKILL LEVELS. All you need is a free Lichess-account. 20% of the rewards of this post go into the next season´s prize pool.
The winner gets 100 GLX right away sent into his Hive-engine wallet! GLX is the utility token of the recently beta launched NFT game Genesis League Goals.
Mode: 3+2 (3 minutes per game, 2 sec. increment per move), 60 min. arena mode with no streaks.
Sounds pretty normal so far, but again it will be...
CRAZYHOUSE!

made with Midjourney, using the prompt "crazy chess player" among others
In the Crazyhouse variant the normal rules of chess apply, with the following additions:
- A piece that is captured reverses color and goes to the capturing player's reserve. At any time, instead of making a move with a piece on the board, a player can drop one of their held pieces onto an empty square on the board (therefore this variant is also called drop chess). So e.g. if you capture a pawn, it becomes yours and in the next move (or later) you can drop it anywhere to the board, with these restrictions:
- A pawn may not be dropped on the 1st or 8th ranks, if it is dropped on its 2nd rank, it may use its two-square initial advance.
- When a piece that is promoted from a pawn is captured, it enters the opponent's reserve as a pawn.
Easy, right? But I advise you to try it out first! There will some big surprises, promised! There is a good reason another name for it is "mad chess"!
The key is (in my humble opinion, I am not an expert) to on one hand use the captured pieces quickly to gain an advantage and use and keep that momentum. But on the other hand don´t burn all the pieces too lightly - as soon as you give your opponent a single moment to breathe or by making a non-forcing move, things can escalate quickly against you. To find the right balance in managing your reserve piece pool is the crucial aspect here.
It is really fun - unless you get all of a sudden checkmated despite having two queens in the pool which you never had a chance to drop.

RESULT:

100 GLX were sent to
Hive account@rodrook, as he almost won the tournament!


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Start of the Hivechess season 16 is Friday, the 18th August!
You can book it already in your calendar.