This page is devoted to Gothic Chess. Gothic Chess is almost like normal chess but with two important differences:
- the board is 10 x 8
- there are 2 extra kind of pieces called the Chancellor (Kanselier) and
ArchBishop (Aardsbishop)
The new pieces are almost as strong as a queen. Gothic Chess was invented by Ed Trice and is protected by United States Patent # 6,481,716 issued on November 19, 2002. International Patent Pending. For more information, please visit http://www.GothicChess.org.
Short comparison against normal chess
Because of the stronger pieces the game is a tactical fight after a few opening moves. I think tactical ultra strong chess programs will be strong in Gothic Chess too. Many things in Gothic Chess are not known exactly like openingbook, value of pieces, etc. A must for the pioneer.
TSCPGothic
I made a Gothic Chess program named TSCPGothic. This program
is based on:
TSCP (by Tom Kerrigan from USE) for internal structure
For Hashing I have to thank Oliver Brausch from Germany since I used
Olithink 4.11 for this.
For SEE I have to thank Gian-Carlo Pascutto from Belgium since I used Sjeng 11
for this.
With permission of Tom, Gian Garlo, Oliver I hereby release the source code of
TSCPGothic.
I wish you good luck with learning from the code and playing against it.
Gothic Chess is patented by Ed Trice. TSCPGothic license is valid until January
10, 2005.
Here are some played games
This games are played by TSCPGothic (Michel Langeveld) against Gothic Vortex (Ed Trice and Gil Dodgen).
[Event "Gothic Chess Match Game #1"]
[Site "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gothic TSCP"]
[Black "Gothic Vortex 1.0.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 d6 2. Nh3 Nh6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. Nf2 Bi6 7. h3 e5 8. g4
exf4 9. Nxf4 Ae7 10. d3 Be5 11. Nd5 Ah4 12. Bxh6+ ixh6 13. i3 Ag3+
14. Kg2 Aj6 15. j4 Ai7 16. c3 h5 17. d4 Bg7 18. i4 hxi4 19. hxi4 j5
20. ixj5 Axj5+ 21.
Kf3 h5 22. Ai2 hxg4+ 23. Nxg4 Ah4+ 24. Axh4 Qxh4 25. Bi2 Qi3+ 26. Kg2 Qxi2+ 27.
Kg3 0-0 28. Nf4 Cf6 29. Cg2 Qxg4+ 30. Qxg4 Cxg4+ 31. Kf3 Ci3+ 32. Kf2 Cf3+
33. Ke2 Cxf4+ 34. Kd2 Cxg2+ 35. Kc1 Rh2 36. j5 Bh6+ 37. Kb1 Cxb2# 0-1
White: Gothic Vortex 1.0.2
Black: TSCPGothic
Result: 1/2-1/2
1. h2h4 d7d5 2. Ni1h3 Bc8f5 3. Nb1c3 d5d4 4. g2g4 Bf5c8 5. Nc3e4 Bc8xg4 6.
Nh3i5 Bg4i6 7. Ne4g5 Nb8c6 8. Bh1f3 Ni8j6 9. Ng5xi6 j7xi6 10. d2d3 Nj6h5 11.
i2i4 Nh5f6 12. Ag1h3 h7h6 13. Bf3xc6 b7xc6 14. Ah3e6+ f7xe6 15. Ni5g6+ Kf8f7
16. Ng6e5+ Kf7f8 17. Ne5g6+ Kf8f7 18. Ng6e5+ Kf7f8 19. Ne5g6+ Kf8f7 1/2-1/2
White: TSCPGothic
Black: Gothic Vortex 1.0.1
Result: 1-0
1. Nb1c3 d7d5 2. Ag1f3 Ag8f6 3. d2d4 Bc8g4 4. Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 5. Af3xd5 Af6xd5 6.
Ni1h3 Ad5c4 7. Nh3f4 Nb8c6 8. h2h3 Bg4d7 9. d4d5 Nc6a5 10. Ce1f3 g7g6 11. Cf3g5
Ni8j6 12. Nf4d3 Ce8d6 13. g2g4 h7h6 14. Cg5e4 Cd6xe4 15. Bh1xe4 O-O-O 16. Be4g2
h6h5 17. g4g5 e7e6 18. d5xe6 Bd7xe6 19. Qd1e1 Be6d5 20. e2e4 Bd5e6 21. O-O
Na5c6 22. f2f4 Nc6d4 23. Nd3b4 a7a5 24. c2c3 a5xb4 25. c3xd4 Ac4d3 26. Qe1d1
Rd8xd4 27. Qd1a4 Ad3a6 28. Bg2f1 Be6d7 29. Qa4b3 Bd7e6 30. Qb3c2 Be6c4 31.
Bf1g2 Kc8d8 32. Bc1e3 Rd4d7 33. Rh1d1 Bc4d3 34. Qc2b3 Bd3c4 35. Qb3a4 Bc4b5 36.
Rd1xd7+ Kd8xd7 37. Qa4b3 Bb5c4 38. Ra1d1+ Kd7e8 39. Qb3a4+ Bc4b5 40. Qa4c2
Bb5e2 41. Rd1d5 c7c6 42. Be3b6 Ke8f8 43. Rd5d2 Be2b5 44. Rd2d8+ Kf8g7 45. Qc2d1
b4b3 46. a2xb3 Rj8i8 47. Qd1d7 c6c5 48. Qd7e7 Kg7h7 49. Rd8a8 Aa6b4 50. Qe7xf7+
Bh8g7 51. Ra8xi8 Nj6xi8 52. f4f5 Ab4e1 53. Ki1h2 Ae1h4 54. Bb6xc5 Kh7h8 55.
Bc5d6 Bb5c6 56. f5xg6 Ah4xj2 57. Qf7e7 i7i6 58. Bd6e5 Bg7xe5+ 59. Qe7xe5+ Kh8i7
60. g6g7 Ki7h7 61. Qe5f6 Aj2xg5 62. Qf6f5+ Kh7xg7 63. Qf5xg5+ Kg7h7 64. e4e5
Bc6xg2 65. Qg5xg2 Ni8g7 66. Qg2xb7 Kh7g6 67. b3b4 j7j5 68. b4b5 i6i5 69. Qb7e4+
Kg6h6 70. b5b6 Ng7i6 71. b6b7 i5i4 72. b7b8=C i4i3+ 73. Kh2g2 Ni6h4+ 74. Qe4xh4
j5j4 75. Qh4f6+ Kh6i5 76. Cb8i8+ Ki5j5 77. Qf6j6#
White to move wins (difficult):
3r1ar1k1/ppp1q3pp/7Pp1/6N1P1/5PBNC1/P1P3B2R/1Pbn6/8K1 w - -
Passed pawn testposition:
10/1pR5pk/5rpp1p/pN1Pp5/2P4P2/23n4/8PP/8K1 w - - bm d6
Mate in #9:
5ar1k1/ppp5pR/7PN1/6N1P1/5P4/P1P5C1/1Pb4BB1/3q5K w - - bm Bi6
Mate in #8:
4c1kb1r/pp4ppp1/nqp1p1Cn1p/6A3/3P6/6P3/PPP2P1PPP/R1BQ3RK w - - bm Ag5e7
Black to move is loosing (mate in #9)
r3cr1a1k/ppp6B/2nq2p3/5pP2C/2bp1P1BP1/2P1P2P2/PP5A2/RN1Q2K3 b
Castling is too insafe and loosing:
r1b1ck3r/ppp1pabppp/2nq2p2n/3p1pP3/5P2P1/2PP1B1P1N/PP2P1CA1P/RNBQ1K3R b
KQkq - am f8c8
Perft values
perft 1= 28
perft 2= 784
perft 3= 25283
perft 4= 809826
perft 5= 28976137
perft 6= 1027599562