How would checkers pieces fair if they were added in chess

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leaveeeevee

The pieces are placed in A3, C3, E3 and G3. They can go diagonally front and back and chain capture, but they can't capture if theirs another piece behind it.  And if they reach the end of the board they'll become a flying king. How useful would they be?

awesome1184

well, you can beat checkers in one move (knight to something checkmate)

awesome1184

according to a reddit bot

 

Gymstar

they should add a checkers variant to chess.com

leaveeeevee
awesome1184 wrote:

well, you can beat checkers in one move (knight to something checkmate)

How well would they fair if they've become flying kings?

leaveeeevee
Gymstar wrote:

they should add a checkers variant to chess.com

Sorta like chesskers where they like replace the pawns with checkers pieces. Its an actual game and it is a confusing one at that. 

leaveeeevee
pianoplayerjames wrote:

it would be absolute chaos but sounds fun, i'd play it.

I'm gonna move this post to chess variants because I don't think its off-topic, it's an interesting hypothetical discussion and potential chess variant!

Thanks, also what potential do you think those checkers pieces can do in matches?

eric0022

I tried a game where my opponent replaced the f8 bishop with a "pao" (from Chinese chess).

 

I got checkmated in three moves after the opponent's queen landed on f2.

 

I think that if checkers pieces were placed inside, they would be quite slow in motion.

eric0022
leaveeeevee wrote:
awesome1184 wrote:

well, you can beat checkers in one move (knight to something checkmate)

How well would they fair if they've become flying kings?

 

Unless they become flying kings, of course!

SoElegante

Yeah, checkers pieces can only move one space at a time, and if they became flying kings then they would just be like a bishop that jumps people to capture.

SoElegante

It's a cool idea though.

GeorgeWyhv14

so the checkers pieces can jump over everything on the board?

leaveeeevee
GeorgeWyhv14 wrote:

so the checkers pieces can jump over everything on the board?

Everything but the king. Cause it would probably looked cursed to see the most important piece in the game vanish and end up winning the game. 

Rory_Mcgillicudy_sucks
Id like to have a piece cannon.
SoElegante

What's that?

yb_01

we 100% need checkers in chess variants

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leaveeeevee wrote:
GeorgeWyhv14 wrote:

so the checkers pieces can jump over everything on the board?

Everything but the king. Cause it would probably looked cursed to see the most important piece in the game vanish and end up winning the game. 


Just change the check rule to include chains of checkers jumps....

This sounds cool.