Hey everyone! This is something I have been planning lately and wanted to present to you the idea in this post and at the same time get it started!
I noticed the chess figures are also unicode so they can be posted onto your Steemit Posts. It was really difficult to get them to align properly with the empty (white/black squares) so this is the best I could come up with after many frustrating attempts.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♜ | ♞ | ♝ | ♚ | ♛ | ♝ | ♞ | ♜ | 8 |
| ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | 7 |
| ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | 6 |
| ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | 5 |
| ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | 4 |
| ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | ⬛ | ⬜ | 3 |
| ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | 2 |
| ♖ | ♘ | ♗ | ♕ | ♔ | ♗ | ♘ | ♖ | 1 |
| Eliminated White | Eliminated Black |
|---|---|
| ♗ ♗ | ♜ ♜ |
Guidelines of Steem-Chess
- I post the board as a comment with the title "Move 1 - White" with my move already in place.
- The participants choose Blacks move by replying to my comment with "Black Pawn H7 -> H5"
- Every move (after the 2nd) is given a certain amount of time to gather a reply move or give more users a chance to participate until I accept the highest voted move and make my next one.
- When I make the new comment with "Move 2 - White" both your move and mine will be updated on the board.
Additional Info
For the first 2 moves the first reply is the deciding one. Afterwards it will rely on vote value after elapsed time.
The game can last for a long time (even after the payout timer of the post)
Rewards
Other than the rewards your reply moves have gathered, there will be Steem to grabs for the participant with most votes on comments! To keep it a community thing, I think this method is best to use as users will strive to want to beat me and win a prize.
Rewards are divided like this:
5% of the Rewards the post makes go to the user with most moves of the last 10 moves before a victory. (in case someone else finishes the game but another user has most valued moves in total so far)
30% will go to the Winner. (That means the user who's total moves have been voted on mostly throughout the entire game)
10% to 2nd place Winner. (The user with second most vote value on his moves throughout the entire game)
5% to 3rd place Winner.
The Season
30% of all SP rewards from these posts will (thanks to the hardfork) be divested and put aside for The Season Table.
Season table: 1st place Winner receives 3 points, 2nd place 2 points and 3rd place 1. Stale match awards all three users 1 point. Loss awards 0 points.
Players are placed in a table after each game (example):
| player | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 @chessmaster3000 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
 @blackpawn86 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
 @kingofqueens | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
The "Host" can not participate in The Season Table himself. But if the host wins the game, only 5% goes to the "Loser" with most vote value on moves and only 10% of the SP goes into The Season's "pot" after the game.
During a stale game, participants are all awarded 1 point but receive 30% of the posts rewards and 20% goes the The Season's "pot".
If you want to start your own Steem-chess you can feel free to use my template or refer back to it. Let me know in the comments below if you want the "board" copy-able in written text form. Make sure to let others know how you plan on dividing the rewards before the game starts.