So where in normal Chess you can exchange (I capture a piece but you take my piece back) here it finishen after the first capture?
Feedback on this variant please.
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The rules are a bit unclear and needs to be rewritten.
SexyKnighty wrote:
The goal is to take one more piece than your opponent.
This statement seems false. It is later stated that capturing 8 major pieces as One Ups is the way to win. Taking one more piece is the way to get there, but not the goal.
SexyKnighty wrote:
If you take one more than your opponent, you keep that piece IF it’s a major piece.
In chess we usually refer to knights and bishops as minor pieces, while rooks and queens are major pieces. When explaining the rules for a variant you need to state what each keyword mean. Since you later refer to 8 major pieces, you seem to be talking about all pieces, except pawns.
What does it mean to "keep" a piece. This is not stated anywhere. Do you only keep the piece if you capture one more than your opponent? If you capture 2 more than your opponent, then nothing happens?
SexyKnighty wrote:
Pawns taken as One Up pieces are not captured.
Once again, you haven't stated what "One Up" as a keyword mean, other than that it's the name of the variant. Also, what does it mean for a pawn to be "not captured"? Your sentence sound similar to "Yellow cars are not yellow". "take" and "capture" are synonyms in chess.
SexyKnighty wrote:
But when a One Up is achieved the board is reset minus captured major pieces.
What does it mean to reset the board? Does it just mean mean to put pieces on their initial positions?
If a black knight is missing, who decides if black should have his knight on b8 or g8?
Does resetting include giving pawns that previously moved the ability to move 2 step forward again?
Is the turn reset to be whites turn?
Is the counter for capturing one more piece than you opponent reset or not?
Is the 3-fold repetition rule reset or not?
SexyKnighty wrote:
Capturing a pawn causes a reset, but pawns are not captured.
Once again, this sound similar to "A captured pawn is not captured" or "A yellow car is not yellow. The sentence doesn't make sense. Also, earlier resets only seemed to happen with "One Up", but I guess they always happens on pawn captures?
SexyKnighty wrote:
When all eight major pieces are captured as One Ups you win.
Overall, I can't say I understand how the variant is not just a simple draw. Just develop a queen or bishop in the opening, capture a pawn, reset, repeat. It's not hard to avoid any of your non-pawn pieces to get captured before you are able to capture a pawn. You don't need to worry about whether the pawn you capture is protected or not since the board is reset.
You play and set up as usual, but there are two Qs, no K.
The goal is to take one more piece than your opponent.
If you take one more than your opponent, you keep that piece IF it’s a major piece.
Pawns taken as One Up pieces are not captured.
But when a One Up is achieved the board is reset minus captured major pieces.
Capturing a pawn causes a reset, but pawns are not captured.
When all eight major pieces are captured as One Ups you win.