Timeline for Is there a name for a chess variant where you are allowed to capture your own pieces?
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| Apr 7, 2023 at 11:56 | answer | added | Theo Chalmers | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 16, 2021 at 4:18 | answer | added | ryanyuyu | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 19, 2020 at 15:44 | vote | accept | patbarron | ||
| Feb 17, 2020 at 23:05 | answer | added | Oliver Sick | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 17, 2020 at 20:25 | comment | added | patbarron | I'm aware of Fischer Random (Chess960) but have never played it (and AFAIK, don't personally know anyone who has). The other that you mention, I've never heard of. I only know anything about Bughouse because at large tournaments that have lots of kids, it tends to be played a lot between rounds, so you kind of can't avoid it. :-) | |
| Feb 17, 2020 at 19:53 | comment | added | Mast | You know of Bughouse chess but not of Fischer random chess and Four-man chess? There are a lot of variants out there and some of them are played fairly actively. | |
| Feb 17, 2020 at 2:37 | comment | added | patbarron | @edwinaoliver - I personally find this concept interesting because it adds an additional element of balancing advantages with disadvantages to the game. Of course, classical chess has opportunities for that already, but it's another element of "this is what I can accomplish, but this is what it will cost me - is it worth doing?" to be considered. I find that interesting. | |
| Feb 17, 2020 at 2:30 | answer | added | Aganju | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 22:47 | answer | added | Sir Cornflakes | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 19:08 | comment | added | edwina oliver | Not either. I play real chess for fun. Others play checkers or tiddlywinks or whatever game they find fun. Isnt it great we are all free to choose what games we want to play and not be told what we have to do by some supreme authority. | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 18:06 | comment | added | Chris Hayes | @edwinaoliver Some people play to have fun, full stop. There's no need to be elitist or dismissive towards such an attitude. | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 17:44 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Feb 16, 2020 at 14:13 | comment | added | Stanley F. | @edwinaoliver Why would you think that any chess variant would be useful or fun? It just adds another (interesting) tactical element. | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 9:51 | answer | added | Stanley F. | timeline score: 24 | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 9:37 | history | asked | patbarron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |