Christopher Randles plays as white, and if he wins this market resolves to YES.
Pat Scott plays as black, and if he wins this market resolves to NO.
In case of a draw this market resolves to 50%.
One rule is added to the chess ruleset.
The rule is "fair": it doesn't give advantage to any side, is symmetrical, does not depend on the move index.
The rule is unknown to the players at start.
Before making a move the player can choose one instrument:
1) Legality check. Name three 2-halfmove continuations of the game. I will tell which moves would be illegal in the lines. Example: "13.Ra4 bxa4, 13. Ra5 b3-b4, 13. Qb2 b3-b4" -> "b3-b4 after Qb2 is illegal".
2) Question. Ask me a question and I will answer Yes|No|NA.
3) Gamble. I will tell 4 moves available in the current position. One of them will be the best in my opinion, one will be the worst, it is not revealed which is what. The player does NOT have to play any of the four moves.
Any information is revealed to both players.
Time control will be added if appears to be needed.
Game is played in the comments.
The board picture in the description will be updated.
Position before black's move 39
https://lichess.org/editor/3N4/8/4Rbr1/p2P2kP/2PN1P2/P2R4/1P1KBP2/8_w_HAha_-_0_1?color=white
Move history:
g3 a5
e3 --
Ne2 d5
Bg2 e5+Bg4 (compensating for the mistake of the judge on move 2)
h3 Nf6
h3xg4 Nc6
a3 g5
d4 Bg7
Nb1c3 h5
Pxh5 Ne7
Pxe5 Ng4
e4 Bxe5
Ng1 c6
Nge2 f6
Bf3 Qd7
Pxd5 0-0-0
Ng1 b5
Bxg5 f5
Bxg4 Qe6
Bxe7 Kd7
Be2 Kxe7
Qd3 Bg7
0-0-0 Qf6
Rh4 Rh8-f8
Nf3 Qр6+
Qe3+ Qxe3
Re4+ Kf6
Rxe3 Bh6
Nd4 Kg7
Rd1-d3 Rf6
Kd1 Bg5
c4 Rf7
Re6+ Bf6
Nxc6 Kg5
Nxd8 Rg7
Kd2 f4
Nd4 Rg6
Pg3xf4 ...
I think I was particularly slow to work out what the rule was, I didn't know until about move 19 and was strongly helped about then by a misunderstanding of what move I had played. I feel my initial strategy of mirroring Kongo's moves on the first game worked well for me. Pat pushed a bishop to g4 where it got trapped. So I was rather surprised when he move a N to the same square on move 11 where it also got immobilised. It was remobilised on 14 f6 so not really sure why Pat didn't save that knight even if it did mean moving it to a rather remote h6 so 17 b5 seems very odd.
I guess a game with two players who understand the rule from the start would look much more sensible, but I am not sure whether any players would be interested in trying that.
Anyway thanks for the game Pat and the refereeing Kongo.
@ChristopherRandles gg. yeah I made some blunders even after knowing the rule. really just couldn't get normal chess out of my instincts
@Stralor @KongoLandwalker
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After
35 Nxc6 Kg5
36 Nxd8 Rg7
I am playing
37 Kd2
@Stralor
https://lichess.org/editor/3N4/6r1/4Rb2/p2P2kP/2PN1p2/P2R2P1/1P1KBP2/8_w_HAha_-_0_1?color=white
is the position after
35 Nxc6 Kg5
36 Nxd8 Rg7
37 Kd2 f4
38 Nd4
@Stralor Pg3xf4
https://lichess.org/editor/3N4/8/4Rbr1/p2P2kP/2PN1P2/P2R4/1P1KBP2/8_w_HAha_-_0_1?color=white
is the position after
35 Nxc6 Kg5
36 Nxd8 Rg7
37 Kd2 f4
38 Nd4 Rg6
39 Pg3xf4
@ChristopherRandles @Stralor sorry for my absence. As the judge, may I suggest the victory for Christofer? Pat has the right to fight though, if he wishes.
@KongoLandwalker fairrrr he's mastered the rule better than I did and I'm going slow. I concede
@Stralor I think I have enough mana invested to ensure I don't stalemate. 39 ... Kh4 speeds up the mate a lot ;)
But without such help I was getting to mate around moves 53-63
@Stralor So graceful. No losers here, we all won! 😉
Now the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it. I accept the finality of this outcome, which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College. And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.
@Stralor no your bishop is on g5
(your move 31 was "Bg5 (thanks, this often gets buried or I get busy)" )
@Stralor https://lichess.org/editor/3r4/5r2/2N1Rbk1/pN1P1p1P/2P5/P2R2P1/1P2BP2/3K4_w_HAha_-_0_1?color=white
if that helps, it is after
31 Kd1 Bg5
32 N(c3)xb5 Kg6
33 c4 Rf7
34 Re6+ Bf6
35 Nxc6