New Variant Idea: Ahab Chess

Hey guys, I'm still working on developing this variant and solidifying the rules and getting test games. To that end, I've created a group dedicated to this variant!

https://www.chess.com/club/ahab-chess

Please join if you'd like to help me test Ahab Chess!

Interesting. That’s a cool idea. If Ahab Chess gets accepted, then the coding they’ll do would make Decoy Roy possible to create, and then you could submit that in the Custom Variants club.

However, if 2 kings get killed, the player will lose. In Ahab chess, we need to kill more than 2 for sure.
Nevertheless, interesting idea, it contains our history!

What @thenormalnoob is saying is that there are only 2 options for where the royal is hiding, versus Ahab chess having 14 options for where the royal is hiding.

Umm... killing 2 kings is ensured that the game over. That means we have 2 targets, less than in Ahab Chess we have unidentified targets.

Brilliant idea!

Could be great if a royal piece moves 2 square max

Then they can have only one weak target to attack

Indeed. Choosing your opponent’s Ahab would defeat the entire purpose of the game 😆

Did yall see 49

Yeah, I did. It’s an interesting concept worth playing with. Possibly even a limit of 3 squares. The current setup I have is that there are no limitations on how the piece can move, but there’s a bare piece rule—meaning if your only remaining piece is your Ahab, you lose. That’s seemed to work pretty well in my test games, but this could be a cool idea, as a way of giving a hint to your opponent when trying to find the Ahab.

Oh bare piece rule could work then 3 square limit would be good.

It essencially limit all pieces except queen unless you wanna expose your king and solves a royl pawn being uncapturable

After promotion

I always figured that if you manage to protect an Ahab pawn long enough to get it promoted, then you deserve to get a royal queen at that point. It is extremely difficult to keep an Ahab pawn safe.

Bare piece rule fixes it i guess.

But your opponent doesnt know your pawn is agab so thats the point

But you know that the percentage a game that exists a pawn promoting is very low

Im gonna try it with my little brother