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Peter: Murray Lions make interesting 'short-range Queens'. And four of them make sense, as each Murray Lion visits only 16 squares on the board (until it captures on an adjacent square).
I realize this topic has been inactive for over a year, but I just had an idea:
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<h4 align=center>Lazy King Double Weak Queen Chess</h4>
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<h4 align=center>Lazy Chess</h4>
<h5>Setup</h5>
Standard board and setup, but King starts in hand, and second Queen
takes its place.
<h5>Rules</h5>
Rules are the same as Orthochess, except where noted below.
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On their first, second, third, fourth or fifth turn, a player must place
their King on an unattacked square. That constitutes their move for that
turn.
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Queens may move only one, two or three squares at a time, in the usual directions.
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Nothing fancy here. The lazy King was inspired by the King in <u>Idle King</u>, and the weakened Queens are because there are two of them.
(Well, you asked) A somewhat odd try at might be 'Nordic-QQ Chess'. Pieces are placed on the borders of spaces within a rank (RNBQKQBNR; PPPP_PPPP) and are presumed to be virtual domino chessmen occupying two spaces on the rank. Two friendly chessmen may share a space, but not from the same border; opposing pieces may not share a space. The units move by choosing either the left or right space and moving as in standard chess -- they may move through a space 'occupied' by a single friendly unit, but not through a space 'occupied' by two friendly units or an opposing unit. To come to rest on a space, units must resume either the right position (if they moved via the left) or the right position (if they moved via the left). Units occuping a side edge are hanging over the board and have only one path available. Moving to a border occupied by an opposing unit or onto a space (before reoccupying the border) shared by one or more opposing units produces one or more captures.
The first thing that I thought of was Double Royal Queen Chess, which should be self-explanatory. The second thing I thought of was Anti-King Chess or Anti-King Chess II with a queen replacing the original King, and thus removing the entire King Thing. I dunno about anything else, though.
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