h a l f b a k e r yGo ahead. Stick a fork in it.
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I don't know for sure, and I doubt anyone could - I mean, how would you ever know if it were conceived of, and played by a few people off-internet, if it were then rejected as bad and discarded?
But I think you could get a reasonable approximation to it as a viable game by looking through chessvariants.com thoroughly. |
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I did find a "Kings Reincarnation" variant (linked) but it's not quite what I had in mind. Still searching. |
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For a more extreme version of this, the piece is replaced by a duplicate in its original position whenever that original position is vacant (except pawns because that would be silly, they only get replaced when taken). The pieces proliferate like mad (including the kings). Victory is achieved by eliminating all of the opponent's kings. |
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Have you tried playing it as a game?
With your stated rules, it seems like the game might be a bit protracted. To win you need to simultaneously blockade the king's square and checkmate the king. Given that square is in an easily defensible area, that seems like a big ask; any piece except one of the bishops (and the king itself) can position to clear the king's square in two moves, this can't be blocked except by repeatedly taking them, and it won't be easy to disperse them all since they respawn in the vicinity.
If there's a time limit, I would imagine most games would run out the clock, so with even mid-level play, both players will be frantically making moves as fast as possible. |
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What happens if you're in check but the king's square is free - are you obligated to act to save the king, or can you rely on 'succession'? |
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And what happens to pawns when they're captured? (In chess terminology, pawns are not 'pieces'). So are they gone, or, if you do get them back, are they interchangeable? |
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[Loris] ... my replies, in reverse order from which you posed your comments: |
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I would treat pawns as individual unique pieces. So for example, the white queen's pawn is ever thus, and can only be reincarnated to that original square. |
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A king in check if his square is free does not need to be saved, reincarnation is his escape clause. |
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I agree the games would get protracted but hadn't thought about enforcing time limits. |
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No, I haven't tried playing it myself or even working out all of the other details that might be need changing from this initial half-baked idea. |
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