What strange chess rules can you think up?

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Before each game, both players are handed two 1-digit numbers, one written in green , another written in blue, and the other written in red.

If an opponent piece with a material value equal to the number written in red captures one of your pieces with a value equal to the one written in green, that piece will have a seizure, moving to a random square with no pieces on it, and explode, destroying itself.

You will then have to choose between 2 options:

1. Create a 2nd king. The game will only end when one has been captured and the other is checkmated, thus giving you a lifeline.

2. Create a number of Mancala pieces equal to the number written in blue. You can place them on any square you want so long as there isn't ANY other piece on that square, and Mancala pieces move 1 square orthogonally.

If the number written in red is not 1, 3, 5, or 9, 3 of your pieces will spontaneously have a heart attack and die. The same thing goes for the number written in green.

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billyblatt wrote:

If you get tired you are allowed to ask for a substitution of your choice to play in your place.

Claim you’re tired at the start of the game and make Magnus play for you

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chesspro271828 wrote:
billyblatt wrote:

If you get tired you are allowed to ask for a substitution of your choice to play in your place.

Claim you’re tired at the start of the game and make Magnus play for you

Uno Reversal: Whoever you ask to play, plays against you.

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555 air balls

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Monkey Yell: if you make an "ooo ooo aa aa" sound during the game you get a banana which you can use to slap your opponent. alternatively, you can feed it to them, and while they're distracted, if you can successfully shove their king up their right nosehole, you win the game and his hair, which will be shaved off

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😆😆😆😆😆😎

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Life chess if you lose you must turn your self into a living chess piece
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If you are world champion you must never play chess
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Chess inside chess you must play a chess game to move one piece on one tile
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Inhuman chess play game in 0.1 nanoseconds
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Bishops can't move

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the two people playing chess will play rock paper scissors. the person who wins RPS will have their team the ability to use nukes.

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Everyone has a knightmare and just one pawn. One singular pawn.
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You cannot castle. You can use a barbecue grill to skewer someone. Only pikachu can checkmate (what? 😅). You can only win by capturing the king, and in online chess you can make illegal moves and lose lol 😜. You NEED to listen to kpop/pop when you are playing chess (offline and online.)
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use a dice 1-8 to determine how many pawns move up

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No castling, if someone makes a sound, the board dances, and pieces fall off. you have to listen to Kpop demon hunters movie skibidi RIZZ and you have to laugh(which counts as making a sound)

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listen to RiCKr0|L

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if you promote a pawn on the (secret) NINTH RANK you can promote it into a king (don't ask how to reach the ninth rank you just can ok?)

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if you bring the queen to the middle you get to unlock the ninth rank and then whatevr @sigmaboii33312 said

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Abdication - When a piece lands on the e1 square as white or the e8 square as black, that piece and the king swap places.