I would love to see poison pawn as a variant on chess.com
Poisoned pawn variant
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I don't know which grandmaster came up with this idea, but I really think this would be a great addition to the selection of variants we have now. Here's how it works. Before the game starts, each player picks one pawn to become the poisoned pawn. The poisoned pawn cannot capture or promote, but if it's captured the opponent loses. This leads to many new strategies and psychological tricks. The tension of not knowing what's safe is one of the reasons why fog of war is so successful.