How to play Rewinding Chess

[@Rzra]

how fun! you play chess, game ends, you play rewinding chess, and board is back to normal.

[@bladehoon]

and then you can play a normal game once the board is back to normal

[@the_gh6st]

And then play reverse chess again to get ready for another normal game

[@digojez]

@@the_gh6st repeat until heat death of the universe ended

[@kales901]

but the other side might not have all their peices in the right places

[@marinagellert1263]

​@@kales901their problem

[@twitertaker]

Chess variant has no en passant: -10 Chess variant has reversed en passant: +100

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

lol

[@samuellinn]

lleh yloh

[@SkyTheHusky]

en passent?

[@twitertaker]

@@SkyTheHusky And pass end

[@jojobod]

@@SkyTheHusky google en passant

[@megaawesomesupreme]

"The rules are the same as regular chess, except they completely aren't."

[@oenrn]

"The rules are the same as regular chess, if you can make time flow backwards."

[@Mothuzad]

Basically they only kept the rules about how non-pawns move, and the definition of check, which relies on some hypothetical "capturing" mechanic which does not otherwise exist in this game.

[@nananakeson]

@@Mothuzad what about en passant? the double pawn move on the "first movement", the castling where you lock you king and rook? Unpromoting? Is definitely all the rules of chess but just reversed like the game's title suggests

[@BrokenSword1978]

homestuck

[@I.Need.Sleep_HELP]

He said except for these changes…

[@D4rk0t]

finally, a reversed en passant

[@BobBob-ye4vz]

un passant

[@TheBasikShow]

Tnassap ne

[@espadadearthur1174]

Finally, a forced en passant

[@Sarahbryson321]

@@TheBasikShow I don’t know what tnassap is

[@donbelikat]

@@Sarahbryson321 who dosnt no? *insert meaning here* dummy!

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

1:33 This is actually a paradox, the black knight couldn't have gotten there in forwards time without "reverse-capturing" one of white's pieces. Edit: He said "If you are unable to remove the threat of check FROM your opponent's king…" Seems like in Rewinding Chess, the king gives check to whoever is currently attacking it! Makes perfect sense, because to give in backwards time is to receive in forwards time. And it also seems like when your opponent sets you up for a paradoxical position like this, YOU are the one that loses the game, not your opponent. Weird stuff, or I'm just confused.

[@derpinator4912]

That's why it's illegal.

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

wow true

[@plzletmebefrank]

So it's a doublely illegal move.

[@reuvencooper8170]

The video itself seems to have a contradiction because there is no way to put your opponent in a position where he can't unchecked your king without you yourself creating a paradox first so those two rules contradict each other.

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

@@reuvencooper8170 ok

[@bleurdreemurr4277]

- Have you ever played a Chess game in reverse? - No. - *Would you want to?*

[@plzletmebefrank]

No.

[@bleurdreemurr4277]

@@plzletmebefrank Understandable, have a nice day and a happy new year

[@plzletmebefrank]

@@bleurdreemurr4277 I wish you the same.

[@Patashu]

I've always loved the concept of retro chess. Some day I'll have to try it

[@paualamar]

This looks like it’d be a ver interesting passive aggressive coop game 😅

[@ThatNoobKing]

That is a very interesting variant I like it

[@deltamico]

tldw: Place the kings on each player's half. On your turn, do an action, such that going from the new position to previous one would have beed a legal chess move. First to get the starting position wins.

[@NooNahha]

yep

[@ussxrequin]

I can't even be good at normal chess. Why would someone go through the mental gymnastics to try to learn this? (That said, good video as always.)

[@RobotShield]

Sometimes playing a game no one has figured out makes for a more fun or even experience. Someone who’s good at chess may be as terrible as you at this version. I assume it’s just for fun and not a high level competitive game mode

[@kirtil5177]

i think its comparable to playing tic tac toe as kids who dont know the 100% win or draw patterns, so theres actually room for mistakes to lose from. Normal chess is so deeply analyzed that theory is essential to learn even for newbies

[@bedman3337]

The quarter of a second at the beginning with him smiling somehow terrified me. Great job anyway! Wanna play it now :D

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

This is more confusing then 5D chess. At least it's that it's piece moves 1 board space forward but 1 parrel universal to the side, or like a timeline back.

[@danielyuan9862]

I doubt this is more confusing than 5D chess. Almost every rule in rewind chess is just a normal chess rule but in reverse.

[@cobalius]

Imagine rewinding 5d chess😬

[@ThatNoobKing]

It's rewind time

[@ThatNoobKing]

I had to

[@ShadowCatGaming26]

@@ThatNoobKing it’s ok

[@chessartist]

Would be cool if someone makes an app to play rewind chess!

[@danielyuan9862]

It's pretty cool how a the rules of this game literally simulates a reverse game of chess. It feels like I'm watching this video in reverse lmao

[@mathguy37]

We need a website that shows these moves

[@user-dy5bw6gs3l]

Really interesting

[@KMills]

Wow, I don't think I've been this early to a video ever. I need to find someone to try all these chess variations with

[@Wertycloud77_YT]

Happy New Year 🎉🥳

[@idontwantanamethx]

I want to see chess professionals playing this. And anti-king chess.

[@MrRabiddogg]

combine rewinding chess with the 5D time travel chess and then check yourself into the local rehab facility

[@iexist8527]

Can you make a rules video for UNO Flex next? It's a complicated game and I need a better set of rules... 😅

[@BobChess]

This is the better way to reset the board

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

lol

[@plzletmebefrank]

To be fair... I think the only time I would play this is if I had just finished an over the board game and we decided to play it from the position we ended at. In fact, I think that might be really interesting. Then you have to consider how the final position impacts your ability to reverse everything back.

[@lookimnotracistbut5695]

@@plzletmebefrank but then white would win every time since white took 1 less move to get to that position

[@plzletmebefrank]

@@lookimnotracistbut5695 Incorrect. It matters how many pieces are on the board, where they are and how many moves it takes to get back to their original position, what pieces are in the way, etc. You wouldn't play the exact same moves to get back to the original position because your goals are entirely different.

[@plzletmebefrank]

@@lookimnotracistbut5695 Also, incorrect in the fact that... You mean black. White would have moved more times, if they won/ended the game, or an equal amount, if black had ended the game.

[@aster30-o8x]

better than KZbin rewind

[@MiCuentadeYouT]

Really cool idea!

[@veggiet2009]

Well, I now have a new game to play... But I also have a headache from trying to understand the rules, lol

[@dalecampbell1996]

I wanna see Magnus and Hikaru play this version of chess

[@Tehom1]

Seems like a good tactic is to make too many of a type of opponents' piece, for instance by reverse-capturing 9 light-square bishops, so that they all have to get to light squares on your back rank to reverse-promote and then they have to pawn-walk all the way back from there. I'm assuming that making more than 5 light-square bishops is legal. 5 or more of them have to reverse-promote from light squares, which means that 5+ pawns have to get to the same 4 squares in the forward game / normal chess, which is at least very tricky to accomplish but it is theoretically possible.

[@oenrn]

"If the piece does not exist in the pool, then you may not place it." So no 5 bishops.

[@Tehom1]

@@oenrn So you can still make 2 light-square bishops at once, and every time he reverse-promotes one you make another.

[@inanefool8781]

@@Tehom1 2:37 "each players' bishops must be created on opposite colors"

[@Tehom1]

@@inanefool8781 OK, you're right. It's probably for the best, otherwise games would quickly devolve into 9 vs 9 light-square bishops all blocking the opponent's demotion squares.

[@aletaimmonen1371]

Do you know how to play Knight. ? .it's taking your Knight. And clearing the whole board with your Knight. And leave a token in the place you landed , and go from their . I got one half of the board clears but I could not get the other half just yet. It's a y your self game , and it's brain work.

[@AlexPies1]

0:41 why are you allowed to do this move? wouldn't that mean you'd be moving your opponents pieces? in normal chess, black wouldn't capture his own pawn with white's king

[@ninjadragongamer6861]

If you couldn't, then noone would ever bring in their opponent's pieces, as that could lead to them losing. You have to be able to add your own pieces, or it would never end

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

Think of it backwards. If in backwards time white 'summons' a black piece, then it's actually black capturing that piece beforehand. You wanna summon all your pieces to bring them back to their original starting squares.

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

@@JustAnotherCommenter oooh

[@jonathanschmitt5762]

Can you do a video an the 6 "Bhaváti" games?

[@Tehom1]

Waiting for the new comment meme "Is reverse en passant allowed?"

[@joshuan.]

I wanna do this and feed the game re-reversed into Stockfish to see what it thinks

[@Tehom1]

Since you are guaranteed to end in stalemate, Stockfish is probably going crazy telling you about missed wins.

[@danielyuan9862]

@@Tehom1 that's not a draw by stalemate, that's a draw by insufficient material

[@joaozin003]

There is no check, since you would need to do an illegal move to get there. Therefore checkmate is also impossible (obviously).

[@raysye4775]

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL YOU

[@poomonyoutube1607]

Now I need to watch this video in reverse to unpuzzle my brain

[@ShadowCatGaming26]

Everyone gangsta till the knight doesn’t fit the spot multiple times

[@limo1795]

let's go, 5d chess irl

[@Enderismid]

Nice board

[@djreaves13]

KILLER QUEEN 第三の爆弾 BITES THE DUST

[@gamerbros3431]

Very interesting

[@Klick404]

This is how Christopher Nolan playes chess

[@brinefilopolski33]

Demoting is the Best, reverse castling and reverse en passaut are still good

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

“Hmmm I wanna turn my Queen into a Pawn today.”

[@ShadowCatGaming26]

@@IsaaacWithThreeA lol

[@dadmitri4259]

It would be pretty funny to play this then watch recording of it in reverse. It would be the most ridiculous game of chess.

[@eleweyter4462]

What I don't understand: What keeps one Player from not setting free the last pieces of the enemy? If I really would like to win this, I would, as soon as the other player brought my last piece on the board, just withhold one of his figures. Like that, he could never win. Or did I overlook a rule there?

[@danielyuan9862]

You did indeed overlook a rule. In fact, it's the very first one. You can also move one of your opponent's pieces backward, but only if it's a reverse capture.

[@eleweyter4462]

@@danielyuan9862 Thank you. I must have missunderstood this.

[@machno.adel-369hz]

With that final verdict you only win a tribe and still hold an enemy if the opposition and your tribe move the pawns to the centr kings queens bishops and horses can harbour the perimeter of the pawns and thay can play freely everyone is a winner and all pawns are safe

[@islamhesham4691]

Finally, I can play ssehc

[@BRUH-lx3jv]

You've heard of 5D chess, now get ready for 4D chess.

[@dunnomynameso746]

Its rewind time

[@xfirexheartx8840]

im slowly watching your entire channel and I'm not even into board games-

[@Stinkycheese-sy4kt]

*_Reverse_** 5d Chess with Multiversal and Time Travel*

[@Synthesized05]

Do a video on Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

[@damsonrhea]

... I sort of want someone to make an engine for this, simply to see what the strategy looks like.

[@danielyuan9862]

Before you make an engine for this, just so you know, from the current rules of the game. Black can just place their king in the corner, and move diagonally, placing a white bishop in the corner, and white loses immediately.

[@danielyuan9862]

Sorry I lied, white can escape by making a reverse capture with the black king.

[@danielyuan9862]

Watching this again, I lied again, because apparently you're supposed to place your opponent's pieces on their half of the board at the beginning.

[@tank382]

I had to watch this video 2 times just to try and unstand the rules

[@deathlackextra7541]

It’s rewind time

[@wiseSYW]

"tenet soundtrack plays"

[@cobalius]

Isn't it a loophole if ya don't spawn enemy pieces at all? I don't see how an opponent can make me spawn their pieces

[@legendgames128]

Someone's gotta spawn pieces, else the 50 move and 75 move rules and three-fold and five-fold repetition rules kick in.

[@chri-k]

The game ends if only 2 kings are left on the board. Thus you must create a piece on your first move. Also demoting a piece will make it impossible for the player whose piece was demoted to win.

[@danielyuan9862]

that's why you can reverse capture with your opponent's pieces as well

[@Felix-Orion]

Alternatively known as Tenet Chess :P

[@LikeButtonOfficial]

Tenet Chess

[@CoClock]

This is literally Tenet Chess

[@mathgeniuszach]

What's the incentive to reverse capture? Aren't you just helping your opponent?

[@eleweyter4462]

Alternative Start for the game: Play normal chess, until checkmate. Than, from that point, try to reverse.

[@QDetective]

finally, ssehC

[@theblackantonio]

This hurts the brain 😂

[@MrJavixd1000]

Chess, Bites the dust

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

C.) Another H.) One E.) Bites S.) The S.) Dust

[@SyndDetGaming]

If you reverse castle and the opponent checks you, what do you do then? You cant move the king or rook😵‍💫🤔

[@LoraLoibu]

block the check

[@javiersaneiro6412]

Maybe I am wrong because this mode seems confusing, but opening checking you works in your favor in reverse chess. If you put your king in check going backward, your opponent must move his pieces to take you out of check. If he can't, then he loses.

[@trappedcosmos]

You don't understand the rules...

[@U.Inferno]

Iirc you're opponent isn't allowed to put you in check. Remember the end of a turn in this game is the beginning of a normal game. So if your opponent ends a turn in check here, then they started the turn in check normally, and so were able to immediately capture, which isn't a thing in Chess.

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

1. Way too much emojis 2. The opponent is not allowed to check you, only you are allowed to check yourself.

[@prabas8190]

Tenet reference???

[@Melly_The1]

you know what screw this *un-chesses your chess*

[@nif4345]

help i cant there is too much choice

[@diffdimgamerseven9986]

Killer Queen daisan no bakudan, Bites Za Dusto!

[@hamster8706]

Rewinding chess

[@chqsey.]

“I still dont get it.” - Sibling. - Me.

[@Wolfsspinne]

Sounds like it should be way easier to create a paradox for your opponent, than to win by getting all your pieces home.

[@aletaimmonen1371]

Try it and let me know how you like it k. Thanks. And peace joy and happiness to you.

[@mortsartstudio9403]

Tenet but chess

[@CutieWolf-359]

Wgat about reversed pawn promotion?

[@Tehom1]

He answered that: you can reverse-promote to a pawn on your opponents' back rank.

[@chri-k]

Note that if a piece is demoted, a piece is permanently missing from one side, and winning becomes impossible for that side. Thus it must be either be illegal to demote, or it must be legal to create an additional piece not present in the pool and remove a pawn from the pool

[@CutieWolf-359]

@@chri-k Then you can replace it again.

[@ego-lay_atman-bay]

Just record a video of playing normal chess, then play it backwards.

[@adamvolkinshtein1184]

legal match of rewinding chess

[@byeguyssry]

Wow

[@MPSpecial]

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO REVERSE CASTLE EXCUSE ME

[@digojez]

minor time travel trolling chess (probably, I ran out of decent bad jokes)

[@dindin9487]

my brain hurts

[@Nopeaka]

I still can’t quite understand 😅

[@Edos512]

!!!!!!tnassap ne

[@tdm_nicky5603]

Did you know this video is 3 minutes and 1 second long and also 3 minutes and 2 seconds long

[@anothrnoml]

I want to see a professional game of this, then a reverse of the footage to see how stupid it looked

[@tinypileofpolydimethylsiloxane]

so you could say that... reverse en pasant is forced !

[@torazis3286]

Tenet chess

[@zgnily_rzurekyt830]

could've called it "ssehC"

[@yuvrajs6813]

Yeah I think I'll stick to the normal chess

[@2045-z6o]

The rules are the same as regular chess, except for these changes Changes these for except ,chess regular as same are rules the

[@wytemi]

This made my head hurt

[@maddoxmonteza]

it is a terrible I idea to place a opponents piece

[@Some_Guy77]

Ssehc.

[@Demintika]

Now add time travel and multiple dimensions.

[@deadersurvival4716]

So 4D chess?

[@quockienoan5900]

Ssehc

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

ah.

[@smiggy9595]

29th

[@kuunti3694]

I didn't understand anything

[@colbyisgood7617]

Checkers Turkish how to play

[@RiotBarry]

Tnassap ne

[@yellowbebo]

Kcuf lautca eht