[Waiting (1/2)] Chess with Gravity, on a normal board.

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So, chess with gravity isn’t that exciting and has definitely been done before. But all the variants I have seen have the board rotated 90 degrees. This will be chess with gravity, except with the normal chess starting position.

In this variant, every White piece will fall “down” (towards the 1st rank), and every Black piece will fall “up” (towards the 8th rank). The goal is to checkmate the enemy King.

A piece does not capture another piece by falling onto it. It must move onto that square to capture it. Gravity takes effect at the end of that player’s turn.

Only two pieces are immune to gravity: Pawns and Kings. This means that Pawns are much more valuable in this variant, since they can lift your pieces higher without you needing to stack them.

It is possible to inadvertently self-check in this variant. The move may be taken back if that is the case for the first three self-checks, but on the fourth, you just actually make that move, and can lose by King capture.

Players

@Fet (they reserved this spot, and so have priority)

Blue: @KurtAngleJr - Unrated

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