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Chess pieces have weight to them and require significant effort to move, making "Olympic Chess" eligible to actually be an Olympic sport (in the not-too-distant future).
A pawn might weigh something like 10-60 pounds, and the ranking pieces multiples of that (or something different) but in proportion
to their point values (or whatever).
And thus the game becomes a game with physical constraints (like fatigue, especially for high-level games). There might even be divisions, like a heavyweight class for blitz games/power-lifters, and a flyweight class where nerds can still be competitive.
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This is similar to doctorremulac3's idea titled "He-Man Chess Set" from 2009 ( /idea/He-Man_20Chess_20Set ) but different.
//This is similar to doctorremulac3's idea titled "He-Man Chess Set" from 2009//
He-Man_20Chess_20Set
use the [link] button to make a link. [pocmloc, Nov 09 2025]
He-Man Chess Set
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doctorremulac3's idea for heavy chess pieces. [Baker Gordon Halveseys, Nov 10 2025]
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<moves Kings' pawn one square> |
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In before the inevitable pole vault and swimming versions. |
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Welcome to the asylum, [Baker Gordon Halveseys]. |
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Each square should have a fence say 1 or 2 feet high all around it, to prevent sliding the pieces |
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Whose responsibility is it to remove captured pieces? |
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//.. captured...//
You take it, you remove it, I reckon.
Better bulk up if you want to take the Queen... |
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//You take it, you remove it, I reckon.// |
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In that case, I might just try to take at the edges, and tipple them off the board. My heavier pieces will chill in the centre, where other guy has to risk putting his back out if he wants to take them. |
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I'm just curious... how is this *different* from He-Man Chess? |
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// Whose responsibility is it to remove captured pieces? // |
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Leave the injured on the field, you know, like war? |
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Bun still stands, newbies get a free introductory autobun. |
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//I'm just curious... how is this *different* from He-Man Chess?// |
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If nothing else, the weights are different.
He-Man Chess: pawns 500 pounds, pieces 1000 pounds. Or perhaps 500 kg & 1000kg.
These seem implausibly heavy to me - the lightest options are about a quarter and half a ton. |
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Olympic Chess: pawns somewhere in the range 10-60 pounds; pieces in accordance with relative piece value. Which valuation system should be used isn't disclosed, but they usually puts knights and bishops at around 3 and queens at 9-10. So pieces would be in the range 30-100 lb (with a pawn of 10 lb) to 180-600 lb (with a pawn of 60 lb).
Incidentally, the king is sometimes considered to be around 4, in terms of its power in the end-game, so moving it would be relatively manageable. At least, compared to his wife. |
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Even a newbie should be punished and learn the ways of the HB, but I'm out of fishbones, so will save them up and deliver a double dose next time. |
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@doctorremulac3, when [recent 3] goes back to August, it seems we don't get to use that autobun so often any more. I'd love to understand why. |
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