Back to game

Statistics of won games
white	7447 (71.64 %)
black	2640 (25.39 %)
Draws	308 (2.96 %)

Horde Chess

This chess variation differs from the other variations at the first glance. White plays with the normal set of chess pieces, black has only a horde of 32 pawns located exactly as shown at the following picture.



The rules are the same as for normal chess with these differences:

• White wins if he/she captures all black pieces. Black wins if he/she checkmates the white king.
• If no black piece can make a valid move, the game is a draw (stalemate).
• Black pawns can be promoted to a black queen, rook, bishop or knight if they reach the last row (from black's point of view).
• Black pawns cannot move two spaces forward from any position except the second rank (from black's point of view).

Play this game

See also: Chess, Chinese Chess, Japanese Chess, Corner Chess, Fortress Chess, Horde Chess, Loop Chess, Anti Chess, Extinction Chess, Maharajah Chess, Three Checks Chess, Dark Chess, Atomic Chess, Janus Chess, Embassy Chess, Screen Chess, Crazy Screen Chess, Cylinder Chess, Amazon Chess, Berolina Chess, Fischer Random Chess, Legan Chess, Knight Relay Chess, Grand Chess, Capablanca Random Chess, Los Alamos Chess, Ambiguous Chess, Minishogi, Dice Chess, Recycle Chess, Ice Age Chess, Behemoth Chess, Cheshire Cat Chess, Knightmate Chess, Racing Kings, Dice Chess 10x10, Massacre Chess