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Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

RandomPrecision wrote on Tue, Dec 21, 2004 01:03 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Actually, when I play, the anti-King isn't always the one that gets
checkmated.  I think initiative plays a large role - if you can force the
anti-King to move around, you can move your pieces in for a checkmate
without obstruction, or at the very least, severely impede your
opponent's development.  I alternate fairly equally between which enemy
king I checkmate at the end.

An interesting case that can occur in Anti-King chess is a sort of
checkmate of both the king and anti-king.  In a game I played with the
Java program, a pawn was checking the anti-king, but I moved it forward to
check the king.  The pawn wasn't protected, so the king could take the
pawn, but that would leave the anti-king without check.  Inversely, the
anti-king could have moved into check, but the king would still remain
checked as well.  This, of course, demonstrates that a single pawn can
force mate.

Quite an interesting game.