What strange chess rules can you think up?

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hyhyhy6969

If you scream monkey:

the start of the game is completely normal, except one of your pieces is randomized to become a monkey(same capabilities as a pawn).

When your opponent makes an illegal move twice, or asks for a draw 3 times, you have the right to scream MONKEY and your opponent will be replaced with a monkey

Wilsons_World

Here are some weird and funny chess rules I just made up! 🤯♟️

1. Pawn Rebellion
If a player promotes all 8 pawns, they automatically win—because their army has officially overthrown the king! 👑🔥

2. The Boomerang Move
Once per game, a piece can "boomerang" back to its original square after moving. Imagine a queen zipping back like nothing happened! 😂

3. The King’s Revenge
If the king captures a piece, it gets two moves in a row—because even kings deserve some action! 👑⚔️

4. The Invisible Bishop
Bishops can move one square sideways per game—just to mess with your opponent’s perception of reality. 👀

5. Checkmate Swap
If you checkmate your opponent, but they have more pieces than you, they can swap kings and continue the game! (Now you're in trouble 😨)

Pepsicus_Ze_Second
If you scream at the top of your lungs, the pieces get scared and start shaking.
Kyobir

your opponent spontaneously combusts when you move a piece to c4.
this makes 1.c4 the best opening

LordOTheFries

Jacob's Trouble:

If your name is Jacob, the Four Horsemen can be used as pieces (knightriders) and your king is swapped out with Jesus (who moves Anywhere he wants- literally anywhere). The cost is that our friend Jacob will be immediately taken to a courtroom and judged for his deeds (hence "Trouble" [this is only done for reasons of accuracy]), such as his opinion as to whether pineapple belongs on pizza- unless Jacob happens to be a Christian, in which case...

he just has a massive advantage (Since this rule is just one huge reference to the Bible, it would naturally favor people who read it). The name comes from another name for the Apocalypse.

MileTime

If you move your queen to f3 or g7 you lose the queen, and must yell Uno twelve times naked while doing the chicken dance.

Ace_111112

while this isn't very relevant this post is a day younger than me I think

T-jankins9522
Every move you make you spawn a goose or a duck. Gooses don’t move until they have been captured. Ducks cannot be captured, but hey go away when a new duck is spawned.
DalinarKholin1948
My chess rule would be nuclear bombs are aloud
Kyobir

Each player wears a pair of headphones and chooses a song for the other player to hear during the entire game. The music only stops when the game ends.

Destructimetal

If there is/are a board(s) or a piece(s) t

Destructimetal

*for some reason a nuke has to be dropped on it/them

SacrifycedStoat
Any piece other than pawn out king can punch a piece next to it other than a pawn or king, capturing it.
The punching piece does not move
thebroski555

If an opening is played with a main line it automatically happens

thebroski555

The duck can capture

thebroski555

Draws are settled by a game of checkers

Koski_1

if you roll a dice that contains 1-8 and it lands on something, that's how many pawns move up

TheChainedKingOfOblivion

roll a dice that has 1 to 8 and another with a to h to decide what piece you move

Koski_1
TheChainedKingOfOblivion wrote:

roll a dice that has 1 to 8 and another with a to h to decide what piece you move

my rule will decide how many pawns will move up

Koski_1
Kyobir wrote:

Each player wears a pair of headphones and chooses a song for the other player to hear during the entire game. The music only stops when the game ends.

Make it so that the only song that plays is "thick of it" by KSI, also at 999999999999999999999 volume