Checkless Chess is a A chess variant is any game derived from or related to chess. In practice, a specific chess variant may be similar to chess or radically different. The broad definition of chess variants is so universal, it may include nearly any abstract battle or war game played upon a board. The... chess variant where neither player is allowed to give a In games such as chess, shogi and xiangqi, a check is an immediate threat to capture the king. A king so threatened is said to be in check. Either the threat must be stopped (by interposing a piece between the threatening piece and the king) or the king must be... check, with the exception of Checkmate (frequently shortened to mate) is a situation in chess in which one player cannot avoid their king being captured on the next move - it is a check from which there is no escape. A player who is checkmated loses the game. Delivering checkmate is the ultimate goal in chess... checkmate. All other rules are as in regular From left, a white king, black rook and queen, white pawn, black knight, and white bishop. Chess (from the Persian word Shah) is a board game and mental sport for two players. It is played on a square board of 8 rows (called ranks) and 8 columns (called files), giving... chess. This change has a profound impact on the way the game is played.

In regular chess, the The king (♔♚) is a piece in the game of chess. The king represents the prize the opposition seeks to win. If the king is threatened and cannot escape capture, the king is said to be in checkmate, and the game is lost. Each player starts with their king... king needs to be kept safe, since attacks on it need to be parried, and checks can be used to gain time or chase the king to an unsafe position. In checkless chess however, the king is immune from most attacks, as long as checkmates are avoided. In order to achieve checkmate the king must be encircled without checks.

Another impact of this rule is that the king, immune from attack, is now itself a powerful force. The king can defend pieces by placing itself so that capturing the piece would place the king in check. The king can advance into the enemy position, creating havoc in the enemy camp as they need to avoid squares where they would put the king under check. Such a plan may be risky however, since getting the king trapped in the enemy camp may subject it to an untimely checkmate.

External links

• Checkless chess (http://www.chessvariants.org/usualeq.dir/checklss.html) by Hans Bodlaender.