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I like your site. I'm interested in chess variants. Thank you for it!
And... Can you write about this variant (i inveted it in childhood),
please?
It's name is 'Catch a soldier'. I played it long time ago and don't
remember rules exactly, but i remember it's main idea, and it's more
important.
This game is played on 8X8 board (like classic chess), each pllayer have 7
normal solduers and 1 main soldier (i used tin soldiers as white and men
from contructon set as black, but actually where can be used 7 pawns and
king per side). White begins on 1st row (main soldier on A1), black begins
on 8th row (main soldier on H8).I don't remember, how to move them,
probably one square ortogonally or one square in any direction (like king
in classic chess). Main soldiers moves in same way as normal soldiers. They
captures as in chess - by replacement, but only normal soldiers, you can't
capture the main soldier in this way. Before begin playing, each player
must decide, how his opponent must capture the main soldier (where are many
different ways: chekmate him, bring your own main soldier to beggining
squre of another main soldier, make straight vertical line of three normal
soldiers, - it's depend only on player's fantasy). You must not tell it
to your opponent. When try to capture all opponent's normal soldier, when
opponent must tell you, how to catch his main soldier. When try to capture
him. If opponent will catch all your normal soldiers, when main soldiers
have to catch each over. If it will be impossible to catch one of main
soldiers beckause of not enough number of normal soldiers, it's draw. And
another very important thing: if conditions of catching the main soldiers
will be fulfiled even before catching normal soldiers, it must be declared,
and game will be over.
One new rule, i added them only several days ago: you can't invent way ti
capture your main soldier, wich will require more than 3 normal soldiers.
Can you try to play this game? Did you like it?