GM Yasser Seirawan Introduces Seirawan Chess

GM Yasser Seirawan describes in detail how his enhanced game of chess named "Seirawan Chess" was developed and why he decided that something new needed to be done with standard chess.

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[Apjooz]

To add: The chess board is "too" crowded in some positions as it is. This variation might make it even worse? Also, chess is incredibly deep game, humans just can't even scratch the surface of it. The reason for the big number of draws might be that the top players are so close to each other, and play conservatively.

[seirawan]

@Apjooz Dear Apjooz,

Have you tried playing S-Chess? Personally, I’ve played hundreds of games and have yet to experience a “crowded” board. Furthermore, the number of drawn games in S-Chess is far lower than in regular chess.

Have fun!

GM Yasser Seirawan

[eatsleep3D]

Has this game taken off? been played by some of the GMs?

[seirawan]

Currently, the site is hosting Jack Yoos against the Rest of the World game which has expanded interest in our variation. We have failed to get a host server for the variation and that has weighed against us.

A week after the NH tournament in Amsterdam, Hikaru Nakamura came over for dinner and we blitzed the night away in S-Chess and had a lot of fun. Given a chance to have a high level GM tournament I think would be of much interest for the chess world. We shall see!

Yasser

[Nixam84]

I think this is the first time checkmate can be done with only one piece, the hawk, with the opponent king in the corner. bad endgame.

[docoftheworld]

Yasser Seirawan is a genius and a pride to the Syrian people

[evergtp]

stupid gay fucker

[MrBluntNose]

Call it Harpawan then, Yasser. And I hope to be a GM like you one day.

[capricious71]

It's a nice idea but not sure about the elephant. Surely, it's the wrong continent from the rest of the pieces. The hawk fits nicely, though. :)

[MisterBoneman]

I have enough trouble learning the present game of chess, along with the 271 billion opening possibilities in the first four moves. Just bought two of your books (Play Winning Chess for my brother, and Chess Brilliancies for me) and, at a young sixty years old, am neck deep in learning.

Love chess, and thank you for your book.

[thezimboman]

@thezimboman and bishop on g2 XD

[thezimboman]

I am interested in the complete fianchetto...

pawns on f2, g3, h2

elephant on e1, rook on f1

king on g1, hawk on h1

WOW thats power

[thezimboman]

@seirawan my friend and I have come up with an idea like you and mr. harper - I would like to keep it silent to the public until we can perfect it. Would it be possible to do a correspondence? because I have played S-Chess and am amazed at the possibilities and the complicated lines it both creates and eliminates (i.e. Berlin defense). I would really love to discuss our ideas with you and see what you think.

[thezimboman]

@Apjooz have you ever seen kasparov or albert play? In no way are they conservative. The reason there are so many draws is because they are equally matched in tactics and calculation and all that noise. I think chess needs more complications because the damned computers are making it so scientific that imagination is becoming less of a factor with each passing week. I do agree that chess is deep and that some positions can be crowded, but then you should not play conservatively

[waffensspopn]

a very interesting game !!!where can i but the pieces which are needed for seirawan chess?