Tactalaris

A razor-sharp adaptation of classical chess for the 10x10 board, featuring two knight variations and a die-hard alternative to the castling rule.

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A day at the Tactalaris office.

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AI brought us engines long ago, but now we're getting to the really valuable stuff.

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Nice pattern not possible in chess: The knight threatens smothered mate on c2, but if it's captured, it's smothered mate on b4 by the camel lurking on c7 ☠️

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Final scene from a recent Tactalaris game. Blacks king didn't survive a lethal queen / camel combo.

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Tactalaris coffee house session with some 3D printed pieces. Black has some nice outposts but serious problems on the black squares as well here.

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3D printing a custom Tactalaris set. The zebra got a new design.

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@sama If there is a 10% to 20% percent chance that the ASI adventure will lead to a very bad outcome (like Musk says for example), then you and your competition are playing a clean russian roulette with the life on this planet. Of course I use ChatGPT.

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Dark fate on the dark squares.

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Doing a little stream on twitch now, if you are bored, join me for a game.🤯
https://t.co/h9ZBQzjATu

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Offline session from Sunday. White is two pawns up and has well coordinated pieces but Black has counterplay with his agile queen and a zebra on the golden point d4 (controls a2 and b1).

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If you've seen my last post, this one should come easy.

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Now that's what I call a mating pattern.

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Mounted warriors at the gates.

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Best queen sac today.

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@merill Me after buying a Mac Mini, trying macOS and finally installing Fedora Asahi.

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Best queen sac today. White to move.

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@chessprof If you are interested in concepts similar to Capablancas, you are invited to checkout my proposal on https://t.co/P7iAyTJhV5 An engine is available and if you want a real test, let's meet for a live session ⚔️

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@GMIgorSmirnov You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

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Wing Kings session with NM Alvin Alcala now on https://t.co/17BPCrkcry
We are discussing the following position: