Hello community, I've had you abandoned for a while now, since the end of Hivechess the truth is that I've only played games of my favourite variant the antichess and some tournaments in this game mode.

I'm thinking of doing a tournament in this variant in the next few days, I'm still collecting money to give some good winnings but take for granted that at some point there will be a series of tournaments in this community with antichess as the protagonist.

You know the drill, the first player to run out of pieces or moves wins, all captures are compulsory, if you can capture a piece with your piece that's the only move you can make.

Let's look at some games and I'll explain some concepts/ideas.

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Normally in this variant the objective during most of the game is to underdevelop our pieces, so that they occupy as few spaces as possible, because otherwise we will have more chances to encounter an opponent's piece and be forced to capture it.

Bishops and rooks are annoying on the board, I recommend that at any time we have to get rid of them but be careful to give some time on the board because only with a lost move and the best can sentence the game.

The opening is a game state that one would think does not exist in this type of variants, but it is more important than ever because of the rule of compulsory captures, it also makes it easier in my opinion to remember all the sequences of some of these, you have to be especially attentive as many games end a few moves after starting if you make a mistake here.

You also have to know how to measure how many pieces you can discard without limiting your moves in the game, if you run out of pieces that gives your opponent an advantage and more manoeuvre to make you fall into a disadvantageous situation, not always running out of pieces quickly is the best option and you have to be attentive.

Antichess Tournament

I want to end this post with a small survey to all players, would you play an antichess tournament with prizes in HBD? it would be free entry and the prize would be won by the podium, I just want to know how viable the players see it.

I'm quoting @stayoutoftherz to give me the green light on this.

thanks for stopping by