How to Play Train Wreck Chess

Train Wreck Chess is played like regular chess, but with a few variations. Each player moves both the white and the black pieces during a turn. Typically, stalemate determines the winner in Train Wreck Chess. If you are looking for an entertaining, fun chess variant this may be just the game.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Chessboard
• 16 white chess pieces
• 16 black chess pieces
• 2 players

1. Set up the chessboard just as you would if you were playing regular chess.

2. Start the game if you are the player with the white pieces. You can only move your piece forward. You cannot move sideways in the game of Train Wreck Chess unless you are capturing your opponent's piece or castling.

3. Move your opponent's piece forward immediately after moving your piece.

4. Begin moving your piece then your opponent's piece after the first player has made their moves if you are the player with the black pieces.

5. Capture your opponent's pieces when moving your pieces or capture your own when moving your opponent's.

6. Win the game when you capture the King-–not by Checkmate–-or if you have stumped your opponent and they can no longer make a move, which is called a Stalemate.

Tips & Warnings

• The chess pieces may only move forward in this game. The King may go forward in any of the three squares ahead of it, the Queen can slide forward an any of the three directions going forward, the Rook can slide forward only, the Knight may go forward in the typical "L"-shaped move and the Bishop may slide forward diagonally.
• The King and Rook can move at the same time under certain conditions. This is called "castling." Queens may also castle with Rooks in Train Wreck Chess.
• When the Pawn gets to the opposite side of the board, the player who moved the piece last determines what piece it will promote to, regardless of to whom the piece belongs.