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Self Eliminator. You are allowed to take your own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Matthew Paul wrote on Mon, May 31, 2004 06:16 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

It seems a very logical concept.  It would prevent some of those
'smothered mates' but on the other hand, the opponent would still be
weakened by having to capture their opponents to escape.

I think I'll give it a go sometime

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Jun 1, 2004 05:45 AM UTC:

Sorry about that badly worded comment. I meant that if your opponent has to capture to escape mate, he is still weakened.

Jonathan wrote on Thu, Nov 15, 2007 08:37 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

To me, this is such a natural rule. Why could a king in jeopardy not capture his own pieces to escape, just like he captures those of his opponent? Don't get me wrong, I love FIDE chess, but this seems like such a natural variant; modest, but significant.

Rodrigo Zanotelli wrote on Tue, May 1, 2012 01:31 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

One cool variant could be made where
1-You can capture your own pieces.
2-You can't capture the king
3-Its possible to put your king in check with friendly pieces. So you need to avoid it.

In this variant both players would need to start by capturing their own

Giulio Quaresima wrote on Thu, May 9, 2024 01:13 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I had the same idea yesterday, glad to know I am not alone. What about en passant? If introduced, it should be applied "from behind", so e.g. after c4, white could capture its c4 pawn moving b2 or d2 to c3.

Lev Grigoriev wrote on Thu, May 9, 2024 08:25 PM UTC in reply to Giulio Quaresima from 01:13 PM:

Yea, Interactive Diagrams on this site already do that by the way)

HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Feb 2 06:42 PM UTC:

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NBRQ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/smith/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=gif symmetry=none royal=K borders=0 firstRank=1 lightShade=#a73c3c darkShade=#785c49 rimColor=#63787c coordColor=#b1b7c1 whitePrefix=W blackPrefix=B pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfcedF:P:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7 knight:N:NdN:N:b1,g1,,b8,g8 bishop:B:BdB:B:c1,f1,,c8,f8 rook:R:RdR:R:a1,h1,,a8,h8 queen:Q:QdQ:Q:d1,,d8 king:K:KdKisO2:K:e1,,e8

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Feb 2 07:04 PM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from 06:42 PM:

Why the weird piece design? Doesn't this game just use regular Chess pieces?

HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Feb 2 08:05 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 07:04 PM:

Regular Chess pieces cannot capture friendly pieces. Isn't this set regular Chess pieces seen from above?

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Feb 3 04:49 PM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from Sun Feb 2 08:05 PM:

Regular Chess pieces cannot capture friendly pieces.

They can in this game. This is a usual equipment variant that just alters the rules.