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Antichess : How To Play Antichess Chess

Antichess : How To Play Antichess Chess

Lose all your pieces to win.

How to play
Antichess

Lose all your pieces to win.

The objective of AntichessThis variant is played from the standard starting position of Standard Chess.

Standard Chess rules apply, other than a capture must take place whenever presented to you. If multiple captures are available, then you the player can choose which they prefer.

This King has no special value, and can even be captured in Antichess

The Bishop on F6 must capture the black King.
Board is interactive - make a move

Pawn Promotion

In addition to a Queen, Rook, Knight or Bishop, you can also promote a Pawn to a King.

Castling

There is no Castling when playing Antichess.

En passant rules remains the same as Standard Chess.

Check and Checkmate are not applicable to AntichessAlthough there is no Checkmate in Antichess

Winning

Lose all your pieces or find yourself in Stalemate to win.

Also Known As

Some chess variants are currently playable live and all will soon be available to play as daily/correspondence chess.

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