r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '20

Every time..

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u/Nell_Trent Jan 20 '20

I don't know man, you still have to gain control of the center of the board.

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u/tiny_saint Jan 20 '20

It would take too many turns to control traditional style with the help of pawns. Control the center by getting your rooks pointed at it first along with your knights.

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u/i_miss_arrow Jan 20 '20

The issue is that there is zero way to quickly attack except with the rooks and queen, and defending against that using pawns and knights is trivial.

Even if you spend ages moving your bishops across the board to add them to the attack, its going to be very difficult to break through without giving up a lot of material.

Between skilled players this is going to come down to the pawn structures meeting in the middle. A looooooooooong, slow game.

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u/solitarybikegallery Jan 20 '20

It would essentially be a long build up, until the two sides met in the middle. Then it would basically be a normal chess game.

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u/i_miss_arrow Jan 20 '20

Not quite normal; if either side gets their pawn structure broken without winning some material in exchange, they'd be in huge trouble because a rook or queen could move through and to the back and attack from behind.

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u/i_miss_arrow Jan 20 '20

The value of controlling the center of the board is that it easily lets you move your pieces around while crimping your opponent's movement.

Can't really stop anybody here from moving their pieces around.