Mayhem Chess

By Christina Ziolkowski

Introduction

This chess variant was developed for use with members of the Notre Dame School Chess Club in Kitchener, Ontario. (Paul DeWitte is the moderator and co-author of this page. - Ed.)

Board

The game uses the standard 8X8, 64-cell board.

Setup

The opening array is as follows:

Pieces

The rooks, knights, and queens move as they do in standard chess. 

The “restricted queen” moves as a regular queen does, but may not move more than four squares orthogonally or diagonally. 

The “paladin”, according to the Piececlopedia, has knight + bishop moves. 

The “Janus pawn” advances as a regular pawn does, but may capture on the diagonal either forward or backward.

Rules

A player wins by mating his opponent’s king.

Pawns promote.

Castling is not permitted. En passant captures are not legal.

Equipment

Standard chess equipment is used.

Credits