Imagine a chess variant.
If you capture a certain number of pawns, you win instantly. Clearly, this is not playable if that number is 1 or 2, since white wins too quickly.
What about 5 pawns as the goal? Queen, two knights, and two bishops could be quickly sacrificed for the win. Or maybe not. A quick trade of minor pieces could make this a suicidal plan.
I'll be live streaming the "5 pawns to win" variant tomorrow (Saturday, Jan 21) at 11am EST on Twitch (http://twitch.tv/chesswhiz). I hope you can join us to test this variant!
If you capture a certain number of pawns, you win instantly. Clearly, this is not playable if that number is 1 or 2, since white wins too quickly.
What about 5 pawns as the goal? Queen, two knights, and two bishops could be quickly sacrificed for the win. Or maybe not. A quick trade of minor pieces could make this a suicidal plan.
I'll be live streaming the "5 pawns to win" variant tomorrow (Saturday, Jan 21) at 11am EST on Twitch (http://twitch.tv/chesswhiz). I hope you can join us to test this variant!