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Again ... i am talking about chess.

I am creating a chess variant but i have little questions.

The game is played in 2 boards, 10x10 each one, and i am thinking in using 2 kings per board per player (2 white kings, 2 black kings) ... what ou think? ... (it will have 2 queens [2 white queens and 2 black queens] too ... may be)

the players can must win by meting at least one king in each board ... but the one that mates more kings will win ...

or , if i use just 1 king per board per player (1 white king and 1 black king) the player wins by mating both kings (mating one king on each board)...

what you think? you like the idea of having 2 kings per player, per board? ... just think about making a "double-checkmate" (yes it is possible mating 2 kings at the same time ... it is like a fork but a lot better!)

EDIT: ADDED SOME CLARIFICATIONS ... WHEN I SAID "1 2 OR KINGS" I MEAN 1 KING PER PLAYER PER BOARD OR 2 KINGS PER PLAYER PER BOARD.

I would suggest one King and three Hetmen (Queens)

200 tiles is a bit more than 3 x 64, so you would need more than 16 Pawns each side anyways...

i will use 30 pieces per side in each board. 30 black + 30 white in each board ... but only 10 pawns ...

it will be 2 rows of pieces (normal and new ones, 13 different pieces total) + 1 row of pawns ... (per player)

10 Pawns per board? so 20 in whole, more than 16 what would be 2 normal sets.

but if you want to strictly separated boards, you sure would need two Kings.
... I thought you're planning some 3D-thingy, to let pieces move between the boards.

it will be 20 pawns per board 10 black and 10 white ... 40 pawns in total (2 boards). And it will use 2 separated boards and some (several) pieces will travel between boards ... but "in a way that you've never seen it before"

nothing to say? .. anyone?

You gotta have at least two kings per board, else one of the players can't win.

why not?

with just 1 king per board any player can win ...

i've edited my first post to help people understand what i am triying to say ...

1 king per player and per board (2 kings, one black and one white in each board)

2 kings per player and per board (4 kings, two black and two white in each board)

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As a chess player, there a are a lot of draws in the tournaments and a lot of people try to find solutions to that problem (lot of discussions on chessbase.com)
If you try to define a new board game (or a variation of chess), why not to have 2 kings...the other side can attack one or the other of the opponent, maybe both sides will fight and games will be amazing !

that was a simple remark !

Maybe it would be interesting to have a king and a prince. So you might only have 1 king, and if he is taken then the prince takes over as the king as long as it's still in play. I think that would really open up the strategic possibilities, both protecting the king and prince and maybe even allow the prince to move 1 or 2 spaces instead of just 1. If it was a board game, I'd have a little crown that you can swap between the king and prince .