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Monster chess
Monster chess—or Super King chess—is a chess variant in
a b c d e f g h
which the White side has only a king and four pawns to fight
against all the pieces of the Black side. All the rules of chess apply, 8 8
except that White makes two successive moves per turn. The 7 7
white king can move into check on the first move of the turn and
6 6
move out of check during the second move. The goal for both
sides is to checkmate the opponent's king. 5 5

4 4
Monster chess can also played with White starting with all eight
pawns, or with only two. Monster chess can also played with 3 3
colors reversed. 2 2

1 1
Queening a white pawn generally allows White to declare a
checkmate within the next few moves. Also, with only the two a b c d e f g h
kings on the board, White can easily force a Monster chess Monster chess. White King can move
checkmate. twice (king-type) moves per turn.

Contents
Rules
Checkmating
See also
References
External links

Rules
White must execute two moves in their turn. They can do this by moving a piece twice or two pieces
once.
The white king may move into check and then out of check, provided that White can execute two
moves.
If a king is in check, it must be placed out of check.
Otherwise, standard chess rules apply.
A king is in check if it could be captured on the next turn.
The White King can capture the Black King by virtue of the above rules.

Checkmating
In Monster Chess, White checkmates Black when, no matter where Black moves, White will always be
able to take Black's king by making two consecutive moves. For example, suppose White moves his pawn
to a square that attacks the black king (where attacks means that if White makes two moves in a row, he
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will be able to take the black king). Black cannot respond by

a b c d e f g h
checking the white king with his queen in an attempt to escape
mate. If Black did so, White could then respond by taking Black's 8 8
king on his next move with his pawn before Black can take
7 7
White's king with his queen.
6 6

See also 5 5

Chess variant 4 4
Grotesque (chess)
3 3

References 2 2

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Pritchard, D. B. (2007), The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess
Variants, John Beasley, ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1 a b c d e f g h
In this position, white can play pawn
from d4 to d5 and then from d5 to d6
External links checkmate.

Monster chess (http://www.chessvariants.org/unequal.dir/mon

ster.html) by David Regis
Variants of Monster chess (http://www.chessvariants.org/d.betza/chessvar/muenster.html), and a
description of a strategy for Black.

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