New variant: Real War

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Avatar of Ryckart

Hi all! I already made a similar post several years ago, but I cannot find it anywhere so I create a new one. 

I would like to propose a new chess variant that wants to simulate as much as possible a real battle, its name could be Real War, or something similar. I have the idea in mind to combine different chess variants, as well as adding small details here and there.

  • Fog Of War: pretty self-explanatory, you can decide your actions in battle only on what you can actually observe, or try to make a shot in the dark.
  • Double Chess 960: front row of simple soldiers (pawns), but in the back rank every player should have a randomized combination of pieces.
  • Any Capture: in battle, you should be able to sacrifice one of your pieces to gain a greater advantage. The only slight change I would make is that own pawns cannot be captured when they are on the starting rank: this is to avoid queen, rooks and bishops to be activated too early for white, which could cause a much bigger advantage. 

Up to now I managed to create my own variant version using rules of: fog of war, chess 960, any capture. Do you think it is possible to add the other nuances I mentioned above?

And also, what additional features would you suggest to make this variant even more real? grin

Let me know!

Avatar of Justanotherusername13

I can have a stab at it but in my own game client. 
Guess - i will give you a ping when I test it out. 
Probably vs AI first as back end isn't geared towards some of that.

Avatar of King_Red_A

A very interesting idea. Maybe an explosion (from Atomic) if at least 10 points of material are traded consecutively?

Maybe consecutive checks equal a win (from 3-check) as opposed to a draw.

Avatar of Piane-Clarence-Adriano-He

Pawns vs 1 rook

Avatar of kangkang2014

I think it could be like war for throne + labyrinth 82

Avatar of The_Blue_Streak

Here's what should be the rules then-

The king can only move after all the pieces have moved

No castling allowed as in a real battle

No enpassant allowed as in a real battle

The minister(queen) should move only 1 square in any position just like the king

If all the pieces of a certain player die(except the king), the other player wins UNLESS the player with no pieces can capture the opponent's last piece(ofc not the king)

Stalemate is a win for the player who does it

The pawns cannot move 2 squares

The knight cannot jump over pieces and must have no piece in the direction it wants to move

Not making it exactly a chess960- the soldiers are in fixed positions but white first chooses the position of 1 piece, then black chooses, just like in setup but only on the 8th rank and minister should be side-by-side the king

Fog of War and Any Capture(except pawn ones) is also a great idea