The weirdest part would probably be having castling with a non-royal king. It really helps to build position, but I don’t know what coding would need to be changed.
i request to include my "secret kings variant"
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Hope it publishes on Chess.com soon!
Jun 10, 2023
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#44
i have played two games of it with @lukegk
he won both of them but it was really fun
But then wouldn’t everyone just chose their queen as their secret king?
Jun 10, 2023
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#46
Verne9 wrote:
i have played two games of it with @lukegk
he won both of them but it was really fun
Which version of the rules did you play with?
Jun 12, 2023
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#47
The Ahab piece cannot be checked.
We were playing on the chess.com server so we had to try not to unnecessarily check the real king.
Roaming_Rooster wrote:
But then wouldn’t everyone just chose their queen as their secret king?
Too obvious
Also, queen trades can be forced
Jun 12, 2023
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#49
actual_knight_gaming wrote:
Roaming_Rooster wrote:
But then wouldn’t everyone just chose their queen as their secret king?
Too obvious
Also, queen trades can be forced
exactly
Queen-trading is forced? Seems like anti-chess!
Jun 12, 2023
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#51
They can be forced in the course of gameplay. It’s not forced in the rules.
Then I shall move away my royal queen, hard to catch it
In the practice games and games they were playing, I am pretty sure they were not letting you use queen as the ahab since that was a part of the rules. I also think they did not allow rook but I can't guarantee that
We have suggested Ahab Chess in the variant servers https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/ahab-chess?page=7#last_comment
They should say if it gets declined or not.
Cool variant but it’s already been created…
Yup. We started a game last night testing out a game with my rules, and then I guess depending on how things go after we finish this one, we could try one with his rules.
I'm wondering if we could do it such that both rules are options, where basically the Ahab rule (selecting a royal at the beginning) could be selected with either checking or capture the king, and also it would be up to the person creating the variant to select beforehand which pieces are not allowed to be chosen as royal. If that was the case, then both of our variants -- as is -- could be options to play.