How to play Hidden Identity Chess
Learn the rules to the board game Hidden Identity Chess quickly and concisely – This video has no distractions, just the rules. For a refresher of the original rules of Chess, check out this video:
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RULES:
The rules are the same as regular chess except for these changes. There is no check or checkmate. The object of the game is to capture your opponent’s king. Each piece is replaced by a special chess piece whose identity can only be seen on 1 side. During set up, each player places their pieces however they want on their closest 2 rows, with their pieces identities facing them, hidden from their opponent. There is no restriction to where pieces can be placed. Pawns are allowed to be placed on the first row and bishops can be placed on the same color.
Whenever a piece is captured, its identity is revealed.
Pawns on the first row are allowed an initial double-step move if you want. If a pawn moves to its second row, it can still perform its double step move. En passant is allowed like normal against an opponent’s pawn taking a double-step from either row, however, if the opponent’s piece being captured isn’t a pawn then the pawn preforming the move is removed from the board instead. When performing en passant, announce what you are doing, but leave the identity of the piece you are trying to capture hidden. Your opponent then says if it is a pawn, if it isn’t, then the pieces identity remains hidden. The king is allowed to move to a threatened space.
Castling is allowed if the rook is on the same row as the king and there are no other pieces in between. To castle, move the king 2 spaces towards the rook, then move the rook to the other side of the king. If a rook is 2 spaces away, or adjacent to the king, then the king takes the space of the rook and the rook is moved to the other side. You may only castle if it is the King and Rook’s first move of the game.
If ever a piece is moved illegally, or discovered to have move illegally in the past, then the illegally moved piece is removed from the board and the opponent of that piece also removes any single enemy piece of their choice from the board as a penalty. If the illegally moved piece was already removed from the board when discovered, then the opponent removes 2 pieces of their choice instead of 1. If the removed piece was the king, then they win the game immediately. If a player performs more than 1 illegal move in a game, then they immediately lose.
The first player to capture their opponent’s king, wins!
You can also play with the revealed kings variant. At the start of the game, use a divider when setting up the pieces and play with a normal king. Remove the divider to begin play, both players will now play the game with knowledge of the enemy king’s location. If your opponent performs an illegal move, then instead of removing pieces, you win the game immediately.
Chess 2 got alot of updates recently
Oh,you want to do an en passant? En passant these nuts!
Chess but fog of war
Stratego?
call that chess who
I like this, but my memory is nowhere near good enough to play lol
Feels like stratego but with chess abilities and too many weird penalties and extra rules etc
That's just stratego
Prefer Stratego
Stratego Chess
What is that game, lol
Is that like normal chess, or no?
Stratego.
Someone thought a Stratego and Chess mash up was a good idea. hmmm
meeeeee STRATEGO
Isn't this just Risk?
This is just Stratego
We really be out here making Chess into Stratego.
I'm down for it.
Would be better if 'ilegal' moves were a part of the game. So they are allowed but punished, so you could cheat but if you get caught you are punished (so that rule were revealed pieces that have cheated are punished by to removed pawns wouldn't exist, and instead wouldn't punished at all cause the opponent hadn't guess that they cheated)
isnt this just stratego
Y'all just steal stratego?
This could be interesting.
So like “Stratego” but with chess
Chess and Stratego's forbidden love child
So, this is chess and Stratego combined together?
my game theory teacher is going to hate this
This is just stratego
Reminds me of game of the generals.
Ever heard of stratego?
When you specify a punishment for breaking the rules, rule breaking becomes a cost benefit analysis. I could see a situation where "illegally" castling with two pieces that don't include the king is worth the risk of discovery and extra piece sacrafice to misdirect the opponent into chasing the wrong piece.
Stratego
Stratego chess
Uhh, so you can basically play two queens for a 50% chance of losing random piece (or rather, your true queen), when enemy captures the fake one?
This game is favoring white, because you can launch devastating attack with your rooks at turn 1 at any possible rank, so it is impossible to plan for defense. Black can counterplay it by cheating and taking the rook with any piece, but then white has a "free cheat card" for the whole play, which can implement more freely and strategically.
This seems like stratgo but with chess
Castling seems really bad in this since it reveals your king.
This is just stratego with extra steps
I like that there's legal use for illegal moves. Not only hidden identity chess… it is also inverse psychology…
This is just chess stratego
i read that as "hidden identity crisis" way too many times
This is literally just the board game Stratego but as chess.
Stratego chess
This is freaking cool
THIS SOUND SO FUN
Stratego!
It's like what you'd start at if you wanted to learn to do games just in your head
This game already exists. Its a Filipino board game called Generals
edit: althouggh the moveset arent at all like chess and its less detecting whether your opponent made an illegal move and more like battleships meets chess meets risk. Every piece has a rank where higher rank can capture only capture a lower rank. The objective of he game is to capture the flag (sort of the king) or succesfully bring your flag to the opponent's side of the board.
Can't wait to tell my rival the "did you just assume the pawn's gender?"
Just play Stratego instead.
Interesting. Like if games of the generals and coup had a baby
Finally, chess is getting an update