What if a piece could only be captured, when attacked twice!
An interesting new chess variant?Who has the advantage?
For context:
https://youtu.be/ZD8d9El45nQ
https://youtu.be/M2funavoJZA
Looking at the main position of my two videos. If the Black pieces can only be captured, if they are attacked twice (except the king), who has the advantage?
- Black has the clear advantage!
- It is pretty equal
- White has the clear advantage!
No engine can help us here.
Black wins... maybe?
After playing a couple of games against myself with this position, it turns out, that this is actually fun! In the very beginning, I was certain that White had the clear advantage. A couple of more games, and I was in Black's favour. But now, I am completely unclear of who is actually better.
Obviously, I only have a rating of 1900-2000, but I spent a while with some far more interesting games, which I sadly didn't save, as they were just for early testing.
Am I missing something?
This Wikipedia chess variant article is massive:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_variants
But I couldn't find any variant, where a piece can only be captured, if attacked twice. Is this unique? Or badly flawed? Try this variant out with a friend.
In my other article, How to play as a Zombie army against a friend on lichess in 5 steps! I described how you can set up unique chess positions to play against a friend. Keep in mind, you need to calculate on your own, if a piece can be captured, or not!
https://lichess.org/editor/nnnnnnnn/8/4k3/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR_w_KQ_-_0_1?color=white