Well, how about this? https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/31008013
You can already setup this
Pawn Battle
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Oct 27, 2022
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@MrXX2018 well that works for the Greenchess version, but not the Roblox version as in the Roblox version both players start out having royal kings
and on here if I promote a pawn to a king while already having a royal king it won't satisfy KOTH.
This for instance is what victory looks like as a result of pawn promotion. You can see here that I already have a king when I promote to a queen.
acgusta2 wrote:
A variant that I've seen on Roblox, and on Greenchess is one, in which pawn promotion is a win condition as opposed to just something you do to satisfy another win condition like trapping a king. I found that on Greenchess it's known as pawns only chess as it has only pawns, while on Roblox its known as pawn battle as it has kings on e1 and e8 that assist the pawns, which I think pawn battle would make more sense as a name given custom positions. In Roblox pawn battle I have never trapped a king without promoting a pawn at the same time, so I don't know if trapping a king is on its own a win condition in the game.
I think pawn battle should be added on this site as a variant.
Interesting. Have you ever played Arimaa? In that game, getting a pawn ("rabbit") to the other rank is a win condition.
Btw, in a game that I setup, black has very easy winning strategy - symmetry
https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/31049116
This game perfectly shows it (only move when black broke the symmetry is when white offered an exchange, but then symmetry restored). I'll try to add special pawn rules, such as Torpedo and Sideways, maybe it will change something.
[edit] I tried. Probably it's actually playable
A variant that I've seen on Roblox, and on Greenchess is one, in which pawn promotion is a win condition as opposed to just something you do to satisfy another win condition like trapping a king. I found that on Greenchess it's known as pawns only chess as it has only pawns, while on Roblox its known as pawn battle as it has kings on e1 and e8 that assist the pawns, which I think pawn battle would make more sense as a name given custom positions. In Roblox pawn battle I have never trapped a king without promoting a pawn at the same time, so I don't know if trapping a king is on its own a win condition in the game.
I think pawn battle should be added on this site as a variant.