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Neoteric Different Pawns Random Chess

I’ve seen Game Courier preset of Makov's Different Pawns Random Chess, so I’ve thought what it’d be if all pawn-like pieces will be more different and strong. So it’s here!

Setup

Classical 8x8 board, all substantive (back rank) pieces are placed as in FIDE chess. But pawn-likes aren’t…

They are shuffled automatically in random order on the 2nd (for White, 7th for Black) rank, but unlike Fischer Random, their placement is asynchronous (not mirror).

By this, with protection of substantives, pawns can use all their different powers!

Possible starting setup:

Pawns

Name

Move (Passive / Capture, if divergent) | Feature

Value

 Footer (F)

1 (2 from start) directly forward | can perform en passant by taking and then again moving forward 

1

 Pawn (P)

1 (2 from start) directly forward / 1 diagonally forward 

1,25

 Axeman (A)

1 (2 from start) directly forward / 1 narrow knightwise forward

1,5

 Shielder (S)

1 (2 from start) directly forward / 1 directly sideways | pushes enemy piece which is 1 square ahead, stepping 1 forward

1,75

 Horseman (H)

1 narrow knightwise forward

2

 Warrior (W)

1 diagonally forward / 1 or 2 (not leaping, except for en-passant) directly forward

2,25

 Xawn (X)

1 directly sideways or forward

2,5

 Dodger (D)

1 directly sideways or diagonally forward

2,75

Rules


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By Lev Grigoriev.

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Web page created: 2024-02-17. Web page last updated: 2024-02-22