Introducing PlunderChess®!

Greetings and welcome to my new PlunderChess® blog here on the Chess.com website!  My name is Jeff, I am the creator/inventor of the game of PlunderChess®.  (Yes, one word, no space in between, see app logo to the right.)  This is a first time for me entering into the blogging world and truth be told, I have NO IDEA what I am doing… BUT… I intend to learn as I go.  My blogging plan is to start slow by posting one or two times per week with what I think would be of interest to chess players who might like the occasional experience of “plundering” (or acquiring) powers from their opponent's captured pieces.  Hence the name “PlunderChess®”!  If we were f2f, I bet I could teach you the PlunderChess® game in 5 minutes or less.  It’s easy to learn and incredibly fun to play.  Lets get started.

For this first post I will introduce the basic concept of “plundering” in the game of PlunderChess®….see Rule #1 below AND... be sure to: click here to watch the 30 second video showing the pawn on d4 plunder a bishop vest and then use its acquired bishop powers to deliver checkmate!  If you want to jump right into the rules, I’d suggest you visit our website www.plunderchess.com/rules and check out the “(11) Point Rules Summary” page.

Rule #1:  "Plundering" occurs when a chess piece captures an opposing piece and immediately "plunders" or "acquires" additional moving capabilities directly from the piece it just captured, hence, strengthening the capturing piece.