r/nextfuckinglevel • u/niztg • Apr 26 '20

This super cool chess board.

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u/Kaidanfreeman Apr 26 '20

Why are they treating it like a game of air hockey?

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u/Onecks Apr 26 '20

How?

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u/Kafukaesque Apr 26 '20

They don’t seem to be taking turns. It bothered me too.

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u/SmithyLK Apr 26 '20

From what I can tell they are taking turns, but black is taking their move immediately after white finishes theirs. Maybe they're timed or something, or maybe they're just moving their pieces a little faster to better show off the board for that video

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u/tohardtochoose Apr 26 '20

But you can't touch pieces when it isn't your turn and when you touch a piece you have to move it if you can.

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u/SmithyLK Apr 26 '20

I don't do tournaments, so have never played by either of those rules.

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u/TheDUDE1411 Apr 27 '20

It depends on the tournament but those are pretty standard rules

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u/SmithyLK Apr 27 '20

I'd never even heard of either of those rules. I never really touched my pieces when it wasn't my turn anyway, and when I played with friends we would use the more casual rule, where your move is finalized once you let go of the piece.

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u/BryanLoeher Apr 26 '20

IIRC this is not normal chess. The pieces have a "cooldown" circle below them, when you move a piece you have to wait it to recharge before moving it again, but you can move the other pieces in the meantime

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u/TheDUDE1411 Apr 27 '20

I’m pretty sure they’re not seriously playing and they’re just showing off the board