I recently became interested in chess and started looking into different variants. I came up with three variant ideas that might intrigue some players. I believe these are new and thoughtfully designed.
Four Square
Rules:
The objective of the game is to position four of your pieces within the central four squares of the chess board or the four corner squares of the board.
Everything else follows standard chess rules
Reanimation Chess
Rules:
The objective of the game is to capture all of the opponent’s pieces
If you have less than eight pawns your King can summon a new pawn that goes on your first rank (if a free square is available) (Doing this counts as one turn)
Kings do not get checked in this game, but they can be captured.
A pawn is removed from the board after it captures any piece other than a pawn.
Each new pawn moves as normal, and can go forward two squares on their first move.
Win through capturing pieces or by having more remaining when the time expires
This variant creates an incentive for aggressive play and strategic captures
Novelty Chess
This chess variant adds two new rules to the game, similar to castling and en passant. The idea is to add more variety and creativity to the tried and true game.
King-Queen Exchange:
On your turn, you can swap the positions of the King and Queen on the board
The two pieces must be in their original starting positions
Neither piece can have moved before the swap
The King cannot be in check (before or after the move)
Can be performed once per game, similar to castling
Does not disable the player’s ability to castle Kingside or Queenside
Royal Decree:
The King moves two squares on the board (in any direction - both moves) in one turn
The King cannot be in check (before or after the move)
Must travel over empty squares
The King cannot capture pieces on this turn
Allowed once per game
Thank you for reading, if you have any thoughts or comments let me know!
I recently became interested in chess and started looking into different variants. I came up with three variant ideas that might intrigue some players. I believe these are new and thoughtfully designed.
Four Square
Rules:
Reanimation Chess
Rules:
Novelty Chess
This chess variant adds two new rules to the game, similar to castling and en passant. The idea is to add more variety and creativity to the tried and true game.
King-Queen Exchange:
On your turn, you can swap the positions of the King and Queen on the board
The two pieces must be in their original starting positions
Neither piece can have moved before the swap
The King cannot be in check (before or after the move)
Can be performed once per game, similar to castling
Does not disable the player’s ability to castle Kingside or Queenside
Royal Decree:
The King moves two squares on the board (in any direction - both moves) in one turn
The King cannot be in check (before or after the move)
Must travel over empty squares
The King cannot capture pieces on this turn
Allowed once per game
Thank you for reading, if you have any thoughts or comments let me know!