Invent the new worst/most useless chess piece ever!

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AlxMaster

The cup of liquid nitrogen. If things get too hot on the board, it can be spilled over it.

IAS38

The wife

It must be played at the most inconvenient moment in a game. Your remaining time will be reduced by 40%, +1% for every year you have been married.

camberfoil

Haha

arcticusfennicus

the yellow pawn refuses to cross center of board. too dangerous

SirCoffeeCrisp

I present to you:
The Jester

Both black and white get only one jester. This piece starts off in the center of the board (on the two white squares). It can move two squares in any direction. It can't capture other pieces nor can it be captured itself. It causes mischief by blocking other pieces from taking a square or taking an opponent's piece.

Robert_New_Alekhine

A GIGANTIC TRUCK, WHICH COVERS THE WHOLE BOARD AND PREVENTS YOU FROM MOVING.

Conflagration_Planet

A PETA piece that protests every time a knight is sacrificed.

AlxMaster

The PETA piece. When this piece is on the board, knights get a value of 9999999 instead of the usual 3.

AlxMaster

The nothing. If you are an atheist, you believe it can create worlds and universes.

Shallak
The Bin Laden: it convinces all your other pieces to sacrifice themselves in the name of God, then when it's attacked it hides behind a pawn.
camberfoil
Conflagration_Planet wrote:

A PETA piece that protests every time a knight is sacrificed.

Haha

Conflagration_Planet
Schoenwald wrote:
AlxMaster wrote:

The nothing. If you are an atheist, you believe it can create worlds and universes.

//not what atheists believe

The God piece.  It allows you to declare that you know things which are impossible to know, to arrogantly ascribe beliefs to people without bothering to try to understand them, and to declare that the game is meaningless and there's no point in playing without it.

...although I suppose that would be the "I strongly believe in God, but not only that, I believe that anyone who doesn't must be stupid, and so I inject my ignorant, obnoxious, and prejudiced opinion everywhere it doesn't belong" piece.

Laughing

 
 
 
Ballofwhacks
Schoenwald wrote:
AlxMaster wrote:

The nothing. If you are an atheist, you believe it can create worlds and universes.

//not what atheists believe

The God piece.  It allows you to declare that you know things which are impossible to know, to arrogantly ascribe beliefs to people without bothering to try to understand them, and to declare that the game is meaningless and there's no point in playing without it.

...although I suppose that would be the "I strongly believe in God, but not only that, I believe that anyone who doesn't must be stupid, and so I inject my ignorant, obnoxious, and prejudiced opinion everywhere it doesn't belong" piece.

...Yeah... classic flamer. Just don't reply.

varelse1

Most useless chess piece ever?

How about black's LSB, in the French?

Ziggy_Zugzwang

Second most useless piece: The "President". Very decorative impressive looking piece that can move around a lot without any real power.

Most useless piece: The "Prime Minster". Cute little dog that follows "President" around the board, barking and doing bugger all.

cornbeefhashvili

The Paris Hilton/Kim Kardashian piece.

EDB123

the appendix piece. it stands still and occasionally blows up at random times, causing pieces around it to get destroyed, and causing you to lose three turns whenever it does. also, it can cause your chess clock to malfunction.

Zaboom
The plane, which flights pawns to were they want to go.🤓
evert823

Pieces that think that the board is flat, which is of course ridiculous ...

learningthemoves

The death reflect piece.

Each time you look at it you see the reflection of a loved one who died or someone in your family who has passed away screaming in fear and pain calling your name begging you, "Please make it stop!"