[Retros] Two-pawns chess

Joost de Heer joost at sanguis.xs4all.nl
Fri Sep 14 13:17:21 EDT 2012


On 09/13/2012 01:05 AM, Eric Angelini wrote:

> Hello retro Fans,

> my apologizes for the following off-topic idea.

> Imagine an orthodox game of chess

> with orthodox rules + just one unorthodox rule:

> - if your opponent captures a second

> pawn (of yours), you have lost the game.

> Has this been already analysed, tried,

> played between friends?


For the sake of composition (in particular proofgames): Is threatening to
capture the second pawn considered to be a check? I found out after publishing
an extinction chess proofgame that the original definition didn't define check.

Joost


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