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Re: Dragon Chess, a new Chess Variant by Keith Williams

Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 5:53 pm
by JKWms
Wow, a lot has happened since my last post, but let me update you about Dragon Chess.

In 2021, I modified Cerebral Chess and renamed it Dragon Chess.
To keep with my original vision of Dragon Chess integrating classic chess, the Leopard was replaced by the Unicorn, but still moves like the Leopard.
I wanted the Unicorn in that position because it looks like a classic knight. Now, the Archbishop, Unicorn, & Fortress all look like the classic chess pieces they replaced, Bishop, Knight, & Rook.
Now, the beautiful Dragons designed by Dr. Haddad look imposing, taking over the four corners, but still move like the old Cerebral Unicorn.
The Cannon needed more power and jumps up to 3 spaces, instead of only 2.
Now, the Cannon and Dragon are the only 2 pieces that can jump 3 squares giving them incredible forking power.

I'm in the process of building a website, https://dragonchesslair.com/ and applying for copyright & trademark.
I'm currently recalculating more accurate values for all of the Dragon pieces.
Dr. Haddad is updating the Dragon Chess game (0.9) on his website and look for it to change to Dragon Chess (1.0).
Once the Dragon website is operational, you'll have access to all the details.

Sincerely Yours,
Keith

Re: Dragon Chess, a new Chess Variant by Keith Williams

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 3:48 pm
by musketeerchess
Hi Keith
Thank you for this update. I will try to update Dragon Chess to it's version 1.0 with the changes you've made.
It would be interesting to see some of your pictures playing Dragon Chess and also if you can publish here some games with some explanations it would be great.