hi, you didn't hear from me since ... yes, since Monday ? Summer is approaching and it's time to get relaxed our rules and make some fun ... Massacre is satisfying our lower instincts and that's good to release some aggression ... but how about some unexpected, some mysterious and unknown events on a chessboard ?
I prepared for you an easy form of chess and entertaining ... I called it Crossdresser Chess ... now listen ..
1. Regular chess setup and 64 field board will be used ...
2. After each move every piece that moved CHANGES its gender/look/behaviour (you call it whatever you want) ... and everything happens randomly ...
3. Example: after move e2-e4 white pawn can TRANSFORM (crossdress) into any other piece of its own color, with the exception of a King ... so, we may have suddenly a Queen on e4 ... or a Knight  etc ...
4. The fun starts when, for example, you move your Bishop to the same row as opponent's King hoping that it CROSSDRESSES to a Queen and possibly check mates opponent's King ...
5. The whole game is build on unexpected events and the only thing we want is to pray for the best "dress" for our pieces ...
6. All other traditional rules of chess apply, including castling and promotion ...
7. Promotion can be very tricky  since you are not going to get the piece you choose ... so choose it "wrongly" ...
8.Just to make it clear ... software can refuse to crossdress a piece and keep it unchanged ... chances are
it will crossdress, but who knows ...
9. When you think you check the King with your Queen you may end up as a pawn ...
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Let's have fun this summer.
Hope you like this variant.
Cheers,
Andy.