Chess, but the Kings Can't Move 

we need 8x8 2d square chess, it’s never been done before

This feels like "Battle City 1985" - the NES game about tanks protecting the Eagle in the center.

I think this can make for a potential new variant: Prisoner. Each side has an opposite colour king in the cage, they can't move. When checkmate is delivered, it's actually pieces saving a prisoner

It feels like the best way to play this might be with aggressive pawn movement. Because the pieces are the only ones that can move flexibly back and forth to protect the king and deal with threats I feel like they are best staying behind an aggressively expanding pawn structure until they clash and simplify and then it’s a race to exploit any resulting weaknesses.

6:00 nah i was just hella blind lmao

Would love to see you cover Xiangqi/Jianggi palaces in conventional chess, or far older middle eastern variants where the king may make one knight move per game in a similar role as castling. Similarly, if other pieces were allowed greater options for their first move, like the pawn double step being granted to the knight for one move only, or if the bishop could "castle" with the pawn directly in front of it and switch places.

an idea for you: capture the flag(king). it is dropchess where you can place captured pieces back on the board, kings can't move. you win by capturing a the king and then returning the capturing piece back to your king (which you can move onto with your piece which is caring the enemy king). you probably need to balance which pieces you have on the board and the board size or it could last forever

Kings are not weak. A non-royal king is definitely worth more than a knight; and probably more than a bishop.

The opening 😭

4:24 Hikaru Moment

Imagine giving a double check with this rules, lol. That's excessive.

I have been wanting to see this for so long.

Basiclly just Chinese chess

Chess but the king is paralized!

The king broke out of jail at the last second then tripped on the queen and died :|

the king isn't the weakest piece in chess it's on par with a knight, arguably a bit better. The reason it's best to barricade it is because it's a loss condition. If it didn't lose you the game to lose it it'd actually be a pretty important piece to use.

How are you 1200?

Nice idea

nice video

3:50 omg, just e4 and you'd have won

I have heard this piece called a flag. Having royal powers but with no movement ability.

Weird but I like that

IBM gambit actually good?

this is a lot like the thai varianr makpong

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politicians:

We need chess but there’s big chungus

9:24 couldnt you just play Rf7

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