Oooh New chess game!!

I was playing this last night and its superb. Basically normal rules apply. But if you are in a position to capture an opposing piece, you must. It brings a whole new dimension of strategy because the King is an extremely powerful piece, as are pawns. It stemmed from a misunderstanding of suicide chess (on my part) so we've tentatively titled it Kamikaze chess. You should try it.

galactus

Goes by several names ( Giveaway Chess, Suicide Chess, Losing Chess, Loser's Chess)

- The object of the game is to either lose all your pieces or get checkmated. Being stalemated is also a win.

- All captures are forced, except:

- All rules still apply to the King that apply in normal chess, in terms of putting your king in check or leaving him in check. Thus, you cannot take with a King if the piece you are trying to take is protected

There are many variants of chess, including Bobby Fisher's varied baseline chess (Fischerandom, IIRC) which involves getting out of the opening book by having randomised pieces on the back ranks.

No. Totally the opposite of suicide chess. The object is to lure your opponent and trapping them so they have no choice but to sacrifice a piece. (a great way of training for thinking 4-5 moves ahead.) But the object is to checkmate your opponent still. It really is a facinating game.

galactus

So normal chess except you must capture if you are able?

I think my head would explode playing that one!

Exactly. It is great. If you have a good player to play against, it's fantastic. My friend and I played last night. (1 1/2-1) But you really should give it a try.

karlh

I think normal chess is much better, what you reckon Papa?

Lovely guy, but you're so wrong...



These men have history...

karlh

Rotflmao :d :d :d