What strange chess rules can you think up?

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KieferSmith

If a potato falls onto the chessboard from out of nowhere, then the first player to pick it up and throw it at a monkey and hit it gets to remove any three opponent's pieces (excluding their king) that they want.

Please note, this is for humorous purposes only. I do not condone hurting animals.

AGC-Gambit_YT
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Falcon Punch: Once during each game, you may punch your opponent in the nose as hard as you want. If he bleeds on a piece, it is removed from the board. If he gets knocked out, you win the game and his wallet.

Cannibalism: You may remove one of your own pawns that within one square of your knight. The knight then upgrades from a {1,2} leaper to a {3,4} leaper for this turn.

Conversion chamber: Before the game begins, each player writes down a column letter (A through H), which they do not reveal until necessary. If an opponent's pawn promotes on the column you've chosen, the promoted piece becomes your color, not the opponent's.

FALCON PUUUUUNNNNCH

MushroomMania100

You can sacrifice pieces using a necromancer to remove pieces of equal points from your opponent.

KieferSmith

Once per game, you can choose to eat a banana instead of moving a piece. If you manage to finish it without a dog begging for a bite, you get to throw the banana peel onto the board, eyes closed - but you can use your hand to tell where pieces are. Any pieces that are knocked over or bumped off the board are removed. If a dog begs for the banana, your opponent gets to throw the peel. If it knocks over a king, then the player who's king remains wins immediately. If both players' kings are knocked over, then the player who threw the peel wins. If the peel bumps a piece of its original square without knocking it over, then the piece remains in play on its new square.

degorbu
Revolution: if the king has 4 pawns of his own color around him, the pawns kill the king, making it impossible to checkmate you.
Destructimetal

If your queen is totally surrounded by 8 pawns, the pawns turn into rooks and bishops

Koski_1

Cursed: Pawns can also become kings

kingsofmyteam

if your oppnent is wining and you only have a pawn you could promoe it to a legendery pawn wich can go anywhere on the board

Envoy_of_Anarchy

En passant is forced.

I come from r/Anarchychess.

Deal with it.

dmxn2k
KieferSmith wrote:

If a potato falls onto the chessboard from out of nowhere, then the first player to pick it up and throw it at a monkey and hit it gets to remove any three opponent's pieces (excluding their king) that they want.

Please note, this is for humorous purposes only. I do not condone hurting animals.

Much like cats always fall on their feet, monkeys always catch a thrown potato (even when thrown in the opposite direction).

SomeRandomBoiiiii

Ragequitting by throwing the board is now a legal move

GraysonKellogg
I thought of this rule earlier, but I saw this one somewhere else afterwards, so it might be here already:
If you get a pawn to the other side of the board, you can get a King. When you have more than one King on the board, neither King is royal and you do not need to get out of check, you can lose one or more Kings without losing the game. Check and checkmate re-enable for you when you’re down to one King again, and you only lose when your last King is checkmated.
dmxn2k
GraysonKellogg wrote:
I thought of this rule earlier, but I saw this one somewhere else afterwards, so it might be here already:
If you get a pawn to the other side of the board, you can get a King. When you have more than one King on the board, neither King is royal and you do not need to get out of check, you can lose one or more Kings without losing the game. Check and checkmate re-enable for you when you’re down to one King again, and you only lose when your last King is checkmated.

The King's only have to stand side by side to feel invincible in the face of a Queen.

Finally, men have reached parity with women.

WilliamXuan
You should have 128 squares on the board, 16 pawns, 2 queens,kings, bishops,knights, and 2 rooks