New variant suggestion: Knightmate

Knightmate (also called Mate The Knight) is a game invented by Bruce Zimov in 1972.

This is a variant in which the knight and kings switch roles. There are four kings on the b and g files and a single pair king on the e file. The kings are no longer "royal" and thus may be taken without the game ending.

The objective is therefore to checkmate your opponents knight.

Pawns may promote to kings, but not knights.

Regarding this modification, some classic Chess rules are changed as well:

• A castling move can be done with the knight and a rook, following standard castling rules (neither knight nor rook may move prior to castling, no other piece may block the castling move path, the knight must not be attacked by an opponent's piece, no square between the knight and the rook may be attacked by an opponent's piece).
• Kings can be captured like any other pieces.
• Since the knight plays the king role, it cannot be exposed to a check and it cannot move to a square which is under direct attack of an opponent's piece.
• A pawn can promote to a king and cannot promote to a knight.

Source: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/variant-of-the-week-knightmate

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