Some chess variants I made up

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1_Kxe8_1-0

 

  • Jailbreak -- If you promote a pawn, one of your captured pieces goes back to the last square it was on. You get to choose which one.
  • Advance -- If your king gets to your opponent's rank (8th or 1st), you win.
  • Underpromote -- You can only promote into a knight or bishop.
  • Triple Threat -- If you get tripled pawns, you win.

If you want, you can post your own variants here!

flippantzealot

triple threat seems hard ngl

 

1_Kxe8_1-0
flippantzealot wrote:

triple threat seems hard ngl

 

Oh, that's just the alternative way to win. You can also win by checkmate. Same goes for Advance.

aa45a4

Landmines -- They are invisible pieces. Before the game begins, each player can choose a square on the board to lay a landmine. This position is known only to oneself. When an opposing piece moves to a square with a landmine, it will be captured. When king moved to this sqare, it will be checkmated.

Tails204

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/chess-variant-kaddie-booms-tasty-cabbage-and-his-invisible-fireplace-bellows
Someone should try to make something like dis!

CastawayWill

how about 3+0 blitz but every capture gives you an extra 15 seconds, also giving extra time is disabled

MrDogFace
Let black make two moves in a row after white’s first move.. then resume normal play
MrDogFace
Make stalemate = checkmate
MrDogFace
Force player to make all his moves as pre-moves.. he does not get to see opponent’s move til he commits his next move.

This is actually more realistic game since in war intelligence has time-lag!!
MrDogFace
These rules will improve the game
MrDogFace
Flip for who goes first making it harder to memorize book mives
MrDogFace

Have an engine follow your game. When it sees mate in n, you win! So you only worry about strategy not tactics
MrDogFace
When you check your opponent you turn the board around so your color flips, unless it is checkmate.