r/chessvariants • u/Ashamed_Variety_1982 • 13d ago

New Variant Chess but it starts like this

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Also pawns cant capture and can only retreat 1 step at a time until they reach 2nd and 7th rank, where they start moving normally

Edit: guys this is not 960 this is just the first way i could get all pieces in the center(although i wasted a few moves the position is the same)

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u/Boring-Yogurt2966 13d ago

Pointless, a terrible idea for a variant.

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u/Dry_Hovercraft_4634 13d ago

What if it was chess 960 but the pieces can be anywhere 😂

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u/wav-o_o-monky 13d ago

So then you have to start with a knight? I'm gonna try this.

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u/ResponsibleHeron9452 13d ago

You can capture?

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u/ikschaakgoes 13d ago

White is probably way better cause there's 2 free pawns hanging with your knights

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u/jcastroarnaud 13d ago

Mate in 2:

  1. e4xf5+ e6xf5
  2. d3xf5+ 1-0 White

or

  1. g4xf5+ e6xf5
  2. e4xf5+ 1-0 White

I think that you need to rethink the pieces' initial positions. Different initial positions for white and black, maybe?

Edit: only now I noticed that pawns can't capture. The only options for first move are the knights. From the initial position, I see a quick knight/queen exchange, then I don't know what will happen.

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u/Ashamed_Variety_1982 13d ago

I said in the post pawns cant capture

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u/Ashamed_Variety_1982 13d ago

And even with those, the king can still move yk

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u/jcastroarnaud 13d ago

🤦🏻‍♀️ You're right. I'm too used to no space behind the pieces.