Pawns are running to the last rank to win the race, but substantive guard waits them to capture. However, every guardian is pricey.
It’s game mode with differently completed armies and asymmetric position which depends on pieces which are used. But pawns' side is random and depends on which substantive piece's type is opposed. It’s available for beginners with pawn-like pieces and for middle and pro players with substantive pieces.
Attention: this mode needs some ideas for improvement (you can offer them in commentaries to this page). Current version of rules is described later.
Game order:[]
Lobby:[]
- Player (only player with at least 1 substantive piece can do it) creates a game, in its settings player chooses time control (2:0, 2:1, 3:0, 3:2, 4:0, 4:2, 5:0, 5:3, 6:0 or 7:0; as in all 2-players modes).
- Or player can join the game created by other player.
Start:[]
- Substantive side uses just one type of pieces (e. g. only rooks), however pawn-like side can place non-pawn pieces as well (up to 4).
- Side of substantive pieces' owner is defined before the game and depends on piece's type used, and side of pawn-like pieces' owner depends on it.
- Default setups are above, they depend on which substantive pieces (cheap or strong) are used. If there are strong pieces with obligatory less number of it, pawn-like pieces are white. If there’re weak pieces with their required greater number — pawns are black.
- Pawn-likes start from 2nd (if they’re white) or 7th (if black) rank. Substantives start from 8th (if white) or 1st (if black) ranks.
- Players with Supers (super abilities) on chosen piece get extra 20 seconds to give Supers to certain pieces.
- Players get extra time in seconds (number depends on time control) to make first move.
Playing:[]
- Pawn-like pieces can make double step from 2 (white) and 7 (black) ranks.
- Each substantive piece can’t move to the square which was already occupied by it or by another friendly piece (except for capturing opponent’s piece).
Object of the game:[]
Pawn-like pieces’ player wins if:
- he captures just ONE of the substantive pieces.
- he moves to the farthest rank (8 for white, 1 for black) by one of his pieces without opponent’s possibility to capture it.
- his opponent’s time is over.
Substantive pieces’ player wins if he captures all opponent’s pawn-like pieces (or opponent loses by clock flag).
Draw occurs if player to move has pieces on the board but can’t do any legal move (stalemate).