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Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Mike Nelson wrote on Tue, Jan 14, 2003 06:03 PM UTC:

I just thought of this--Demotion Pocket Chess.  You can pocket a piece, but
it drops as the next lower-valued piece.

Queen becomes Rook
Rook becomes Bishop or Knight
Bishop or Knight becomes Pawn

A pawn could be pocketed (to get it out of the way) but drops as nothing =
allows player to pass a turn!

The cost of pocketing a Queen seems too high--perhaps demote the Queen to
a Cardinal and the Cardinal to a Rook? This idea would work well with a
Capablanca variant.