File Sharing Chess
Introduction
Tactical possibilities are an important part of chess and why we enjoy the game. This author has invented a rule which would create more dynamic interaction between enemy pawns and hopefully limit the draws occurring from "closed" positions.Rules
It has the same rules as chess except for this one added option: the "pawn swap." When a player's pawn is directly in front of an enemy pawn with no squares in-between (such as a "fixed pawn" in standard chess), the player may swap his or her pawn with that particular enemy pawn, after which they can each continue on that file:
Notes
The primary purpose of this added rule is to limit the number of draws that are caused by "closed/locked up" games. In my opinion, the winner of the game in such instances should be the player who took advantage of tempo (whose pawn(s) are closer to promotion). There are of course other effects of including this option, but an important aspect is that it would not be used all the time. For example, when enemy pawns are facing each other on the 4th and 5th ranks, the player who makes this pawn swap move would be losing a tempo in the pawn race to promotion. This means pawn swapping isn't so powerful that it becomes the only focus of the game. As stated, pawn swapping is mostly intended to add more tactical, dynamic possibilities, especially "closed" games as shown in the following example:


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By JT K.
Web page created: 2016-07-08. Web page last updated: 2016-07-08