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sounds like you can just place your pieces so that your pawns move behind them. not sure why you'd take your own pawns if that's what you mean. if the idea is to capture pieces to unlock your position that sounds like a wof concept that's been implemented often. You could set it up so that a bot has to capture pawns in order to unlock players.
Jun 3, 2023
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NoWellOkay wrote:
sounds like you can just place your pieces so that your pawns move behind them. not sure why you'd take your own pawns if that's what you mean. if the idea is to capture pieces to unlock your position that sounds like a wof concept that's been implemented often. You could set it up so that a bot has to capture pawns in order to unlock players.
well first of all you want to take you own pawns to develop the queen and the bishop and the rooks. having donkeys that only go backward adds a new strategical element to the game. also capturing donkeys to unlock you position isn't "wof" you stratigically take pawns and leave some to open your position without exposing your king too much. also wdym by "You could set it up so that a bot has to capture pawns in order to unlock players"
LaurelCS wrote:
ok so i have a new variant idea and its called donkey chess, so basically instead of pawns you have donkeys and donkeys dont move forward they go backward and attack 1 square behind them .developing and tempos are extra important and the king is changed to a farmer and the farmer does everything a king does BUT he squishes (or captures) the donkeys and then you can develop your pieces and checkmate and everything else is normal
>:-(
Tomato_LSN wrote:
LaurelCS wrote:
ok so i have a new variant idea and its called donkey chess, so basically instead of pawns you have donkeys and donkeys dont move forward they go backward and attack 1 square behind them .developing and tempos are extra important and the king is changed to a farmer and the farmer does everything a king does BUT he squishes (or captures) the donkeys and then you can develop your pieces and checkmate and everything else is normal
>:-(
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Jun 4, 2023
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Tomato_LSN wrote:
LaurelCS wrote:
ok so i have a new variant idea and its called donkey chess, so basically instead of pawns you have donkeys and donkeys dont move forward they go backward and attack 1 square behind them .developing and tempos are extra important and the king is changed to a farmer and the farmer does everything a king does BUT he squishes (or captures) the donkeys and then you can develop your pieces and checkmate and everything else is normal
>:-(
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Jun 6, 2023
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your king captures them and your knights can move out of the way then you can unlock your bishops
Jul 31, 2023
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Please kindly check sub-forum https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/suggestion-add-more-variants in which I've just now posted a new suggestion. Many thanks 
ok so i have a new variant idea and its called donkey chess, so basically instead of pawns you have donkeys and donkeys dont move forward they go backward and attack 1 square behind them .developing and tempos are extra important and the king is changed to a farmer and the farmer does everything a king does BUT he squishes (or captures) the donkeys and then you can develop your pieces and checkmate and everything else is normal