Creekside Farm of Oregon: Quick Chess Created February 19th, 2023

Quick Chess

Using a standard chess board and pieces a new set of rules creates a new game from the old.

The number of both colors is reduced by one Rook and one Bishop. Take these two pieces out of the game for each side. There's a button near this right side of this page should you wish to print this.

Choosing Sides

At the onset of the game one player puts one piece from each color behind the back and shuffles the two colors, leaving one piece in each hand.
The player with both pieces brings both hands out, hiding both pieces from view.

The opposing player chooses one hand and the color piece within that hand becomes that player's onside color.

Rules of Setting up The Board

Players position their pieces on the board in any way they see fit, so long as the put them on their own side of the board. Once a piece is positioned, the piece may not be moved except in game play. Once each player has positioned all of their pieces Game Play may commence.

Rules of Game Play

Each player moves every ranking piece according to the Rules of Movement in each turn.

Each player moves one Pawn according to the Rules of Movement each turn.

Each player states out loud the piece being moved according to the Rule of Movement.

Each piece captured during play is removed from the board.

Turns continue until a Checkmate is achieved or King captured.

In the event of a perceived tie, the first King to move onto the opposing back row wins.

Rules of Movement

The King

May move itself one square in any direction so long as movement is not blocked by an onside piece and may capture any adjoining opposing side's piece.
May move any two onside adjoining onside pieces rather than move itself.
May move any single adjoining opposing player's piece rather than move itself and may move adjoining pieces to capture opposing player pieces.

The Queen

May move in a straight line in any direction so long as movement is not blocked by an onside piece and may capture opposing player's pieces by any move.
May move any adjoining piece rather than move itself.
May move any adjoining opposing players piece rather than move itself and may capture opposing player pieces as the result.

The Bishop

May move in any diagonal direction so long as movement is not blocked by and onside piece and may capture opposing pieces.
May move any adjoining onside piece rather than move itself.
May move any single adjoining opposing player's Pawn rather than move itself and capture opposing player pieces as the result.

The Knight

May move in any direction two squares and over one square to the left or right.
May move in any direction one square and two squares to the left or the right.
May capture opposing player's pieces by any move.
May move any two adjoining onside Pawns rather than move itself.

The Rook

May move forward, backward, to the left, or to the right, in a straight line.
May capture opposing player's pieces by any move.
May move any two onside adjoining Pawns.
May move any single adjoining opposing player piece.

The Pawn

May move one square forward.
May capture opposing player's pieces by any move.
May move diagonally one square to capture an opposing player's piece.

I invented this version of the Classic Chess Game to speed play. Our first trial games lasted seven turns and no more than fifteen minutes. Needless to say it, but we played these first two games while learning the rules.

Notes on gameplay: This game is quick to learn if you have played chess in the past. The movements of each piece are the same but new movements are introduced. Each ranking piece (non-Pawn) is able to act both defensively and offensively through other pieces. We found ourselves chaining movements and the results were always funny and surprising.

To keep things simple we found it easier to keep moves straight if each player stated each move out loud . .

FAQ:

The player's side of the board is all four rows, not the two required in classic Chess.
"Ranking" pieces are the non-Pawn pieces.

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Quick Chess Created February 19th, 2023