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This would unironically be a fun variant (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/anarchychess@sopuli.xyz

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[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

A Freaky Friday piece that can swap with a non-king or pawn piece of the same color still on the board, as long as neither can be captured or can take another piece before or immediately following the swap. Moves and captures like a king.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Interesting... This would be a great way to train newbies to look for weak points.

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I also thinks it helps as a training piece because it forces players to think past the next move. There's virtually no move of opportunity that you can make with it. If you're going to use it all, you need to think a minimum of two moves ahead.

[–] groet@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

I think the "neither can take another piece following the swap" is to restrictive. After the swap it is not your turn anymore anyway and it would basically make it impossible to swap with a queen or rook/bishop. They can capture something for most parts of the game. Just usually a protected piece.