• yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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    21 hours ago

    I don’t think it would be particularly fun.

    Sacrifice a tower (I forgot the English name) to get access to a corner, then get the queen in the lower left/right corner within 3 moves.

    Then pick up the pawns one after the other from behind. The pawns themselves cannot move quickly to the other side because they need to keep a “triangle” formation for safety which requires time to build up.

    • Pringles@sopuli.xyz
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      16 hours ago

      I’m not sure a sacrifice is even needed. You just need to get the queen to the backline and wreak havoc.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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        15 hours ago

        If they stay in formation you can always force a sacrifice. The pawns will always capture at least one piece.

        • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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          13 hours ago

          Yeah, but you can kill off like three elites towards one side and you’ll have open access to get behind the pawns with a queen or rook and just lay waste unchecked.

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            11 hours ago

            Yeah, that’s what the first comment above was saying. The one I responded to was wondering if a sacrifice is necessary, and I’m pretty sure it 100% is. It’s still trivial to win, but you do need to lose a piece.

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                10 hours ago

                Yeah, there are ways it could be done, but only if the other player makes a horrible mistake. You wouldn’t leave an opening like that where the queen can move. Maybe with queens, bishops, and knights combined you could force an opening. I don’t know. It seems unlikely though. I guess a key exploit would be that they have to always move forward, but you can stall forever. Maybe that allows you to exploit a gap.