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    From Praetor Mandrake@horchata12839@gmail.com to rec.games.chess.misc on Sat May 31 10:22:18 2025
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    Allow pawn promotions to kings.

    The king acts as an auxiliary king. If one king is lost the other one
    can maintain. If there are three kings, then two can be lost and so on...

    The game is changed because if the king is in check, he only has to move
    from check if the player loses a coin flip.

    If he loses the flip and the king is in checkmate, the king is removed
    from the board, as the player's move.

    When there is only one king on the board, play is as usual.
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.games.chess.misc on Sat May 31 17:26:22 2025
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    Praetor Mandrake wrote:

    Allow pawn promotions to kings.

    Imagine having multiple kings... you might never be checkmated!

    The king acts as an auxiliary king. If one king is lost the
    other one can maintain. If there are three kings, then two
    can be lost and so on...

    If there were four kings we could have one of each suit.

    Oh hang on... wrong game.

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  • From Praetor Mandrake@horchata12839@gmail.com to rec.games.chess.misc on Sat May 31 12:34:58 2025
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    Blueshirt wrote:
    Praetor Mandrake wrote:

    Allow pawn promotions to kings.

    Imagine having multiple kings... you might never be checkmated!

    Right now, I'd say I'm checkmated 0.01% of the time. With this in play,
    I could bring it down a bit. That would be something if simultaneous checkmates were required so I guess 2 is about enough for the craziness
    of one variation.
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  • From William Hyde@wthyde1953@gmail.com to rec.games.chess.misc on Sat May 31 16:21:56 2025
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    Praetor Mandrake wrote:
    Allow pawn promotions to kings.

    The king acts as an auxiliary king.-a If one king is lost the other one
    can maintain.-a If there are three kings, then two can be lost and so on...

    The game is changed because if the king is in check, he only has to move from check if the player loses a coin flip.

    If he loses the flip and the king is in checkmate, the king is removed
    from the board, as the player's move.

    When there is only one king on the board, play is as usual.

    Many years ago there was a column in Chess Life discussing this version
    of the game (minus the coin flip) with some interesting problems
    composed for it.

    But I have never seen it played.

    William Hyde

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