Attempts to play a shorter time frame hit snags with lag and federation, so the scheduled 2nd game in 11 hours is cancelled and being replaced with this longer timeframe game.

Im keeping the Kingside Knooks as starting pieces, and pawns can promote to Knooks. Other AnarchyChess rules are not legal for now, but i will consider bringing them into the game im playing this on AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktop at some point. The goal was to modify an Open Source chess game to include a Knook and this is a way to playtest with some people with much higher ELO than myself.

I want the game to go reasonably quickly, but still be open to everyone and will use variable time controls. Commenters will have a minimum of 30 minutes to make a move, typically 60 minutes , and a multi hour timeslot for overnight. I dont want to just play myself, so i might extend the next timeslot if they finish and no one else has made a legal move. Each timeslot, i’ll add a “placeholder” move which will be default if no one else comments. I will remove my upvote, so anyone commenting should be top comment.

Let me know if you have any questions.

FAQ: **Will this be a regular thing ? ** No, Its the first real game using the code and i want to see if anything breaks. More gameplay testing will likely be done over at https://lemmy.world/c/anarchychessgaminglounge . If new rules like Siberian swipe come into play, another game here could be held.

**The top comment was resign, why isnt the game over ? ** ~~I recently announced i’d be running two games so anyone anywhere in the world could participate if they want, the second was due to kickoff in about 10 hours. I’m going to keep the game at an hourly time increment and veto any resigns until then. ~~ Update: Top comment of resign will now be honoured.

**Different time increments ? ** Throughout my day, i am away from the computer but other times, i’m close to it. If im close , i might shorten the timeframe to be 30mins. if i shorten a move for white, i’ll shorten the next move for black and vice versa.

One side will get a long time to move while i sleep, which side won’t be known until its bedtime. I might alternate sides each night.

**Atleast X minutes ? ** Things will get in the way, its not top priority so whatever time i get back to the game after X minutes have elapsed it the time, but the next post shouldnt be too long after the X minutes have elapsed. Im aiming for 10 minutes and am adjusting the minutes accordingly.

Why is there no image up yet ? Im away from the board some times, but can record moves, make new posts and edit in the image later. It shouldnt be too long without an image.

**Two are tied for top comment. Which one wins ? ** I will lean to whichever is older, and pick one.