Kevin Pacey wrote on Sat, Feb 16, 2019 05:54 AM UTC:
I had an idea for a chess variant the other day, and I'll leave it here for now for study at my leisure. I'm not at all sure yet the idea is worth saving; this variant idea might be called 'Officer Chess', and would have rules like for FIDE chess, except the pawns could promote on the last rank to any type in the setup except a king:
[edit: 22-Nov-2019: {edit: may be too harsh on this idea here.} Currently I don't much like the very asymmetric back ranks, and long rectangular board, alone.]
I had an idea for a chess variant the other day, and I'll leave it here for now for study at my leisure. I'm not at all sure yet the idea is worth saving; this variant idea might be called 'Officer Chess', and would have rules like for FIDE chess, except the pawns could promote on the last rank to any type in the setup except a king:
[edit: 22-Nov-2019: {edit: may be too harsh on this idea here.} Currently I don't much like the very asymmetric back ranks, and long rectangular board, alone.]