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Drop Chess 360

Drop Chess 360

GambitEverything4200
DeclinedVariant
Play for Mate10 | 15Setup 39,11

Your pieces may move only after your king is on the board. Consider carefully where and when to drop him.

Notes: Drop Chess, but two Wazirs replace the three pawns. I consider this an improvement as it eliminates the predetermined direction of play created by the pawns. It means both armies are always aiming at one another instead of (possibly) in opposite directions attempting to promote. OTB, these were Quadripawns, but as those were unavailable in the variant editor, I found Wazirs are close enough. I'm submitting both variants separately because not everybody likes developing new board vision for the fairy pieces, and I think there's room for both to grow in popularity.

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GambitEverything4200
GambitEverything4200

So after analyzing the endgames of this one, maybe the bare piece rule would make it better. I looked at two wazirs & king, wazir & bishop, wazir & knight. None of these can force checkmate and would end in a draw. As much as I dislike the bare piece rule, I think it has it's place here. Any thoughts on this?

Mittttens
Mittttens

amazing

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