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Jared McComb wrote on Fri, Sep 26, 2003 07:54 PM UTC:

The first thing that I thought of was Double Royal Queen Chess, which
should be self-explanatory.  The second thing I thought of was Anti-King
Chess or Anti-King Chess II with a queen replacing the original King, and
thus removing the entire King Thing.  I dunno about anything else, though.

Tony Paletta wrote on Sun, Sep 28, 2003 12:02 AM UTC:

(Well, you asked)

A somewhat odd try at might be 'Nordic-QQ Chess'. Pieces are placed on
the borders of spaces within a rank (RNBQKQBNR; PPPP_PPPP) and are
presumed to be virtual domino chessmen occupying two spaces on the rank.
Two friendly chessmen may share a space, but not from the same border;
opposing pieces may not share a space.

The units move by choosing either the left or right space and moving as in
standard chess -- they may move through a space 'occupied' by a single
friendly unit, but not through a space 'occupied' by two friendly units
or an opposing unit. To come to rest on a space, units must resume either
the right position (if they moved via the left) or the right position (if
they moved via the left).

Units occuping a side edge are hanging over the board and have only one
path available. Moving to a border occupied by an opposing unit or onto a
space (before reoccupying the border) shared by one or more opposing units
produces one or more captures.

Peter Aronson wrote on Tue, Feb 15, 2005 09:32 PM UTC:

I realize this topic has been inactive for over a year, but I just had an idea: <p><hr><p> <h4 align=center>Lazy King Double Weak Queen Chess</h4> <center><i>or</i></center> <h4 align=center>Lazy Chess</h4> <h5>Setup</h5> Standard board and setup, but King starts in hand, and second Queen takes its place. <h5>Rules</h5> Rules are the same as Orthochess, except where noted below. <p> On their first, second, third, fourth or fifth turn, a player must place their King on an unattacked square. That constitutes their move for that turn. <p> Queens may move only one, two or three squares at a time, in the usual directions. <p><hr><p> Nothing fancy here. The lazy King was inspired by the King in <u>Idle King</u>, and the weakened Queens are because there are two of them.

David Paulowich wrote on Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:32 PM UTC:

Peter: Murray Lions make interesting 'short-range Queens'.  And four of
them make sense, as each Murray Lion visits only 16 squares on the board
(until it captures on an adjacent square).

Peter Aronson wrote on Sat, Feb 19, 2005 05:55 AM UTC:

David, Murray Lions would be a very interesting choice for the Queens. 
Hmm.

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