Scramble
This chess variant aims to create chess puzzles.
Setup
Each player has 18 pieces.
The initial setup is an empty board. After placing all pieces on the board the setup should look like this, with Pawns in the centre and the other pieces all around the border:
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 a Bishop will have the white King in check.
At this point the Pawns are placed on the board in the central 4x4 square. Pawns are the only pieces that have to be placed in their own half of the board.
At this point both players take turns trying to checkmate the enemy King.
All chess rulles apply except there is no castling.
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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