Horde - A Chess Variants
Can you command a horde of pawns to roll over the enemy's army? Or would you rather pretend you're Rambo and use your fighting prowess to defeat your opponent even when outnumbered? Either way, Horde Chess is the right choice for you. Horde Chess is a chess variant where Black starts with the regular chess army and White with nothing but 36 pawns. This game is a modification of another variant called Dunsany's Chess, created by Lord Dunsany in 1942. The most significant difference between regular and Horde Chess lies in the way the game ends. White starts exclusively with pawns, and their goal is to checkmate the black king. However, since there is no white king, Black can't deliver checkmate conventionally. Instead, Black must capture all of White's pawns (and promoted pieces) to win the game.