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Chris Chradle wrote on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 08:12 AM UTC:
I see one problem with this variant. In almost any case you can dispose the kingly crown, and prevent mate. You can only mate your opponent, when you have a king yourself, but I don`t think this is enough encouragement to keep your king. The funny thing is, that I'm currently working on a chess variant, where the king arises during the game, I have no problems with alternative ways to win, but it should always be possible to force mate in a superior position. Otherwise it`s rather an ordinary boardgame than a chessvariant.

Maybe I have just got your rules wrong. Please excuse my awkward english^^

greetings Chris

danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Jan 20, 2016 03:27 PM UTC:
This is indeed a problem.  Possibly the kingly crown could create non-royal kings and players could begin with one "real" king which is the object of mate.

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