Anti Chess

Author: arimakat

Among many chess-like games, there is one that means a lot to me. As there are lots of variants of this game, I'll give here the rules I consider standard:

ANTI CHESS RULES
All the rules of normal chess apply, with the following exceptions:

1. If you can capture an opponent's piece, you must do so;
2. If there are no legal moves, the winner is the player on move;
3. 3) The king is just a regular piece: the king can be captured, you can promote a pawn to a king, and castling is not permitted.

The initial position is the same, and all the pieces follow the same rules for moving and capturing as in normal chess. If a player can capture an opponent's piece, including the king, he is obliged to do so. If there is more than one move for capturing available, it is on the player to choose one. The main characteristic of the game is that the player without any pieces left wins. Of course, there exist no checks, checkmates, or castling.

ANTI CHESS VARIANTS
There are several variants of anti chess, which mostly differ in the above stated rule 2. It is the case of stalemate to be decided. It has been done in one of the following ways:

1. Suicide Chess: In the case of stalemate the remaining pieces are counted. This variant is played on FICS server.
2. Vinciperdi: The stalemate is a draw. This variant used to be played in corresponding tournaments organized by AISE (Italian association for chess-like games)
3. 3) Giveaway: The player who can't move wins the game. This is, in my opinion, the most logical variant because here applies a very simple rule: the winner is the player with no legal moves! This is a variant which you can play on our great Brainking site.