New Chess Variations
Submitted by
Spike_Mason on Tue, 01/01/2008 at 12:47pm.
Below, I have listed some variations of the game that I find interesting, along with brief details:
Bughouse Chess: This has been discussed before about two-player teams playing both colors; when one player captures a piece, his/her partner may place that piece on the other board and add to his/her army. Winning team is first to place checkmate.
Suicide: I've only seen this played once, but the king is not the key piece in this one. The winner is the first player to lose all of his/her pieces. If you are in position to capture one of your opponent's pieces, you must do so.
I'm also trying to come up with a version of my own that sort of modernizes the chess pieces and the playing field. In this version, on a player's turn, s/he may make as many as three moves, as long as each move involves a different piece. This makes checkmate much more difficult.