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Hi everyone, I have a new chess variant; tell chess.com what you think of it.
It's called Cardchess
Hi, I have a new chess variant called Cardchess. I also created backward pawns under a previous handle. Cardchess involves both players getting a five-card deal with chess pieces on the cards instead of the traditional card symbols. You are dealt five cards out of a 3-card shuffled deck. The game's object is to combine your cards while playing chess using the luck of the draw of cards. For example, you drew a pawn, a pawn, a queen, and two rooks. Now it's your turn to move one of your pieces based on the one card you discard. So I drew two rooks. I'm in the late middle game; I can hold one card, still a rook, and move the other rook with a discard. You are only allowed one discard per move side to move. This is the piece you move on the board, so I discarded my rook, which I have to move on the board. After you discard, you then get a new card in your deck. So the cards would be pawn, knight, bishop, rook, and Queen. The King is not included in the cards because you are always allowed to move your king with a discard; there is no king card. This way, if you are in check, you can still move. However, when it's your turn, you still have to discard one card to move your king. If, say, you are in an endgame and you have no cards matching a move on the board, the game is over. You cannot play on because you lost. Of course, the game is also over if your king is checkmated. Tell Chess.com if you like my idea of Cardchess! Thanks, iqjws.