Scramble
This chess variant aims to create chess puzzles.
Setup
Each player has 18 pieces.
The initial setup is an empty board. After placing pieces on the board one per turn the setup should look like this:
Pieces
Each player has 18 pieces (1 King, 4 Pawns, 3 Rooks, 3 Knights, 3 Bishops, 3 Queens, and an extra piece, either a Knight or a Bishop).
Rules
Players take turns placing their pieces on the board one by one in this order: Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight.
The high value pieces are placed around the border of the chessboard, while Pawns are placed in the 4x4 square in the middle of the board.
The two central squares on each side of the board are reserved for the Kings. Players are not allowed to place pieces there untill the two Kings are on the board. The diagram bellow shows that now it's time to bring the Kings on the board.
Now both Kings are on the board.
The remaining pieces are placed on the board.
Now we place the two extra pieces. White places a Bishop, and black is forced to place a Knight because the Bishop will keep the white King in check.
At this point the Pawns are placed on the board.
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By Florin Lupusoru.
Last revised by Florin Lupusoru.
Web page created: 2024-02-06. Web page last updated: 2024-02-08