My First Games of SPELL CHESS

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  • Опубліковано 3 вер 2023
  • In this video, I try playing Spell Chess for the first time. This is a newly released chess variant with a some interesting additional twists to traditional chess.
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  • @jay-el9pg
    @jay-el9pg 8 місяців тому +391

    I love how just like duckmate, this variant added freezemate and jumpmate

    • @eonoire
      @eonoire 8 місяців тому

      Jumpmate puts your friend in checkmate

  • @EDoyl
    @EDoyl 8 місяців тому +643

    The "Any piece that lands in a frozen area becomes frozen" rule doesn't seem to do anything if freezes only last one turn. Maybe spells lasted several turns in an earlier version.

    • @lyingcat9022
      @lyingcat9022 8 місяців тому +16

      Noticed that too.

    • @refoliation
      @refoliation 8 місяців тому +25

      Does it mean that a long range piece can’t move through the frozen region? (To the other side)

    • @nicolaslemus8063
      @nicolaslemus8063 8 місяців тому +128

      I tried custom rules with a friend and found out you can increase duration for spell and if piece come inside it does freeze so I'm guessing it only applies to custom games

    • @firippumartinezu1782
      @firippumartinezu1782 8 місяців тому +20

      @@refoliation As far as I know, a piece can move through or into the frozen area.

    • @CesarGomez-kp5lm
      @CesarGomez-kp5lm 8 місяців тому +32

      I played the game as soon as it came out and yeah, freeze lasted 2 turns intead of 1 (it was kinda broken)

  • @bandiddums
    @bandiddums 8 місяців тому +77

    I can't believe that in the first few games he played, he did an "oh no my king!". The fact that the scenario can happen is hilarious lol

    • @mauer1
      @mauer1 8 місяців тому +9

      its pretty normal for chess variants where you dont have to respond to technical checks (and just lose in the response)
      in atomic chess this happens aswell.

  • @nikitademodov3446
    @nikitademodov3446 8 місяців тому +202

    If you jump over your own piece standing on the 3rd rank with a pawn, an opponent's pawn can take two pieces at once with en passant!

    • @Cra3ier
      @Cra3ier 8 місяців тому +14

      that's a big brain move!

    • @talsayar
      @talsayar 8 місяців тому +49

      Holy hell

    • @fintan9218
      @fintan9218 8 місяців тому +10

      Curious if the game allows that to actually happen. Have you done it?

    • @mauer1
      @mauer1 8 місяців тому

      @@fintan9218 i tried it now with the analysis board it does actually happen.
      have build a hillarious position where you can decide if you wanna use the opponents jump spell and your jump spell to take the king, or if you wanna en passent 2 pieces

    • @gogonifox8542
      @gogonifox8542 8 місяців тому

      ​@@fintan9218i tried in analysis and it does work, you take both pieces

  • @tophatx4598
    @tophatx4598 8 місяців тому +50

    I just hopped into analysis mode and found that if you jump a piece with your pawn, and an opponents pawn is in position to en passant, the pawn will capture the piece you hopped as well as your pawn. Two captures in one!
    I really liked watching this and would love to see some high level spell chess.

    • @MenkoDany
      @MenkoDany 8 місяців тому

      Do you have a PGN of this? I can't replicate ;_;

    • @isavenewspapers8890
      @isavenewspapers8890 8 місяців тому

      ⁠​⁠@@MenkoDany1. d3 d5 2. Be3 d4 3. jump@e3&e4 dxe3

  • @greenoftreeblackofblue6625
    @greenoftreeblackofblue6625 8 місяців тому +83

    This actually seems like a very interesting chess variation, the clash feelings of the spell is still there too

  • @alexanderpedersen1401
    @alexanderpedersen1401 8 місяців тому +50

    I would love to see more of this when people have started to develop strategies.

  • @yodaiam9305
    @yodaiam9305 8 місяців тому +66

    still waiting for that 5D chess gameplay

    • @ModernArtery
      @ModernArtery 8 місяців тому +9

      Yes Eric please try 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel

    • @mauer1
      @mauer1 8 місяців тому +9

      but only with proper instructions.
      we dont want him to end up like hikaru.

    • @chazstahs
      @chazstahs 8 місяців тому

      Sure.. just gonna casually hang my queen then get tried for treason by the king and stabbed through the monitor.

  • @mangotreebs7749
    @mangotreebs7749 8 місяців тому +32

    I love how the knights are hogs the rooks are golems, etc lol

    • @ot1438
      @ot1438 8 місяців тому +1

      why do the bishops have goatees

    • @dmonroym0
      @dmonroym0 8 місяців тому +2

      Bishops are like the warden

    • @jossemalmberg
      @jossemalmberg 8 місяців тому

      @@ot1438wizard

    • @Benjamin-1776-
      @Benjamin-1776- 8 місяців тому +1

      should have the rooks be pigs for when they get on the 7th rank

  • @Magic_OTC
    @Magic_OTC 8 місяців тому +42

    The fact that the knights don't need the jump spell is a clever reference to the source material, Clash of Clans, where the hog(riders), which is what the knights are, can already jump over walls!

    • @jasperredford3504
      @jasperredford3504 8 місяців тому +33

      The inventor of chess was really thinking ahead!

    • @asiamies9153
      @asiamies9153 8 місяців тому

      How is it a reference? It's just logic

    • @Magic_OTC
      @Magic_OTC 8 місяців тому +3

      @@asiamies9153 Yes, it is logic, a logical reference. Again, hogs jump over walls, so it's a cool detail that they made the piece that can already jump over ""walls"" (pieces) the hogs.

    • @asiamies9153
      @asiamies9153 8 місяців тому

      @@Magic_OTC I can't tell if you're trolling or not

    • @Magic_OTC
      @Magic_OTC 8 місяців тому +2

      @@asiamies9153 I'm not. Are you? Because I don't see what you're failing to understand here

  • @thelastxgamer
    @thelastxgamer 8 місяців тому +9

    I love variants, it's like chess but with less opening theory. It emphasizes calculation and clever moves more than regular chess while still being instructive of the general strategies therein. Wonderful content :)

  • @SaneCowboysfan
    @SaneCowboysfan 8 місяців тому +9

    This is probably my favorite variant so far, it adds new rules without overcomplicating it too much.

  • @I_am_Itay
    @I_am_Itay 8 місяців тому +4

    35:36 Bb5 with freeze on d7 is mate

  • @Asdayasman
    @Asdayasman 8 місяців тому +8

    Eric is so good at chess that he premoves on the analysis board.

  • @aaaaaaaaabaaaaaaaaa
    @aaaaaaaaabaaaaaaaaa 8 місяців тому +24

    Have you ever played chinese chess (xiang qi)? The rook with a jump spell is basically the same as the cannon piece in that game.
    The cannon moves like a rook but can't capture a piece it is looking at - it has to jump over another piece to capture the piece behind it. One of the most common openings is to put your opponent's king in check on move 1 by moving your cannon

    • @IWkris
      @IWkris 8 місяців тому +1

      There are one pawn on each side in the starting position though, but yes it's very cool and doubled cannons are almost always checkmate (unless you can capture the backline cannon)

  • @SebastianBohn
    @SebastianBohn 8 місяців тому +9

    Now I wanna jump for some ice cream,
    but I’m feeling frozen.
    First gotta watch the whole stream,
    wizardry of Eric Rosen. GG

  • @soloeurope2258
    @soloeurope2258 8 місяців тому +1

    Very fun mode! You're one of the few creators I can watch longer format videos of, keep it up.

  • @leic405
    @leic405 8 місяців тому +10

    If your opponent jumps one of their own pieces with a pawn, can you capture both the pawn and the piece they jumped with en passant?

  • @OmneAurumNon
    @OmneAurumNon 8 місяців тому +31

    Is it possible to capture two pieces simultaneously with en passant in this variant? if I have a knight on c3 and jump over it to play c4, and you have a pawn on b4, can you play bxc3 taking both the knight and the pawn? I can't imagine any reason this would ever happen in an actual game, but if it's possible at all that's really amazing

    • @tellahsage6477
      @tellahsage6477 8 місяців тому +15

      Damn i just tried this out on the analysis board and it actually works... amazing!

    • @JustAnotherCommenter
      @JustAnotherCommenter 8 місяців тому +14

      That just proves that en passant is superior. Please chess devs never fix this "bug"!

    • @DrakePitts
      @DrakePitts 8 місяців тому

      that's really cool! thanks for pointing that out

  • @joshfotsch3314
    @joshfotsch3314 8 місяців тому +7

    It seems the freeze jump combo is pretty insane. If you can check the king regularly and freeze it at the same anything they use to block it can be jumped over the next move. I think you would have to do a counter freeze to stop it, and I'm pretty sure its a forced win if you do this when their freeze is recharging

  • @aboodosili7905
    @aboodosili7905 8 місяців тому +6

    Shout for everyone who was waiting for Eric to post this video

  • @jurirandow
    @jurirandow 8 місяців тому

    More of this please, very entertaining!

  • @TheZotmeister
    @TheZotmeister 8 місяців тому

    Beautiful! Yes, more Spell Chess, and more variants in general!

  • @NoisqueVoaProduction
    @NoisqueVoaProduction 8 місяців тому +3

    I thought that it was great to add this new abilities that enable new mechanics and tactics. I hope to see more of Eric Rosen playing them. I was trying for myself and couldn't figure out how powerful a freeze can be (if the opponent can't counter-freeze on the next move)

  • @fintan9218
    @fintan9218 8 місяців тому +1

    Nice ive been waiting to watch you play this variant

  • @ottertvmtg6229
    @ottertvmtg6229 8 місяців тому +2

    yes! i wanna see more spellchess!

  • @greysub924
    @greysub924 8 місяців тому

    Eric. I really enjoy the spell chess games you played. Please make more spell chess content ❤

  • @g0ldst0ne57
    @g0ldst0ne57 8 місяців тому +5

    It feels like freezes cancel each other out unless capturing or when the opponent doesn’t have their freeze

    • @CarlosSamuel-ms9ee
      @CarlosSamuel-ms9ee 8 місяців тому +2

      Not always as the freeze doesn't apply to all of the opponents pieces, only the pieces in the freeze zone.

  • @neomorphicduck
    @neomorphicduck 8 місяців тому

    Love this variant and want to see more!

  • @-hitmanace1822
    @-hitmanace1822 8 місяців тому

    More please loved it !

  • @LuftpolsterManu
    @LuftpolsterManu 8 місяців тому

    very cool to explore new variant with you :)

  • @a_wild_Kirillian
    @a_wild_Kirillian 8 місяців тому +2

    Cool. I still recomend trying Patso Shako, too.
    Spell chess is a pretty interesting variant. Although, freezes somewhat neutralize each other, because you're incentivised to just counter your opponent's freeze with your own. If you freeze and your opponent can respond with no counter freeze without losing immediately, then it's a race for running out of freezes and you just lose afterwards. But I got to 1650 in a couple of days and it was still fun. Perhaps, there's a higher freeze meta that I haven't gotten into yet. Dodging jumps and still getting an okay position is challenging enough for now. Attacks on a castled king are super scary because of jumps.

  • @SevenTheJester
    @SevenTheJester 8 місяців тому +17

    Eric talking about his face swapping program reminded me of something.
    I have an app that turns photographs into different kinds of art. It does pictures that look like pencil sketches, pen drawings, oil paints, et cetera.
    I went to google images and downloaded pictures of Eric and Levy, had the program turn them into drawings, and I'm redrawing them on paper so that I can turn them into actual artwork.
    ...and don't judge me, I need the drawing and painting practice and I'm running out of stuff to draw. 😐

    • @eric-rosen
      @eric-rosen  8 місяців тому +21

      Would love to see the final results!

    • @SevenTheJester
      @SevenTheJester 8 місяців тому +1

      @@eric-rosen
      If it turns out any kind of decent, I'll be happy to share them.
      I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. 😂

  • @DrakePitts
    @DrakePitts 8 місяців тому

    33:15 "I really gotta watch out for these jumps"
    immediately blinders a piece to a jump

  • @gareth5804
    @gareth5804 8 місяців тому

    I would like to see more of this

  • @taylorbrown2996
    @taylorbrown2996 8 місяців тому

    would love to see more

  • @sc-troy9449
    @sc-troy9449 8 місяців тому

    I love you play this, looks like fun

  • @noahprentice751
    @noahprentice751 8 місяців тому

    very cool, would love to see more

  • @TylerRayJohnson
    @TylerRayJohnson 8 місяців тому

    It was awesome, do more! Fun variant

  • @MrRikum
    @MrRikum 8 місяців тому +86

    Eric always manages to find the weirdest chess variant 😅

    • @fintan9218
      @fintan9218 8 місяців тому +24

      This is brand new, and was developed by the clash of clans devs

    • @ahobbo6401
      @ahobbo6401 8 місяців тому +2

      Duck chess was normal.

    • @SevenTheJester
      @SevenTheJester 8 місяців тому +3

      ​​​@@BobbyFischer0000
      Wrong.
      He never said that Eric finds them first, he only said that he always finds them.
      If you and I were both on our way to California and we both got lost...does that mean that if I find California first, it's no longer there for you to find? There's just no more California?
      More importantly...how insecure are you in your level of intelligence that you're *that* eager to tell a stranger that they're wrong?
      Here, I've got you.
      I think you're very, very smart.
      The rest of mankind pales in comparison to your vast, otherworldly amount of knowledge.
      Men want to be you, and women want to be with you, but we're all secretly envious of your unbelievably high IQ.
      ...do you feel better now?

    • @peterderpanda3971
      @peterderpanda3971 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@SevenTheJesterCringe

    • @SevenTheJester
      @SevenTheJester 8 місяців тому

      @@peterderpanda3971
      Thank you wholeheartedly for your meaningful and worthwhile contribution. I appreciate your opinion and hold it in very high regard. 👍

  • @oakworm5526
    @oakworm5526 12 днів тому

    this looks like so much fun

  • @eyezuel5307
    @eyezuel5307 8 місяців тому

    IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

  • @LordTreyHowdy
    @LordTreyHowdy 8 місяців тому +5

    I genuinely love this. Spell chess marathon?

  • @FartingSpider12
    @FartingSpider12 8 місяців тому

    This variant of chess seems awesome! Hope to see more!

  • @davidmikan7925
    @davidmikan7925 8 місяців тому

    31:55 The prettier mate was the awesome Qxg4, hanging both the queen and the rook but winning with the jump!

  • @mikelezhnin8601
    @mikelezhnin8601 8 місяців тому +1

    this format looks volatile as hell
    love it

  • @stuvius
    @stuvius 8 місяців тому

    This was insanely fun to watch!

  • @kroeterichNo1
    @kroeterichNo1 8 місяців тому +1

    Finally! What a fun variant!

  • @Danumurti18
    @Danumurti18 8 місяців тому

    Wow, seems fun, will try it

  • @kitapsevgisi7955
    @kitapsevgisi7955 8 місяців тому +2

    This was both confusing and amazing! That was fun! :D

  • @recklessroges
    @recklessroges 8 місяців тому +2

    Spell chess was magic. Thanks.

  • @dudaseifert
    @dudaseifert 8 місяців тому

    please play more variant chess(other than 1v1v1v1). i loved this!

  • @Daviddant100
    @Daviddant100 8 місяців тому

    This variant seems fun. I would like some more!

  • @rage2904
    @rage2904 8 місяців тому

    8:50 if white counter froze, there would be Rd1, "jump checking" the king while the knight check remains. It's basically double check and mate.

  • @coreyyanofsky
    @coreyyanofsky 8 місяців тому +1

    a jump spell could allow a pawn to hop over a blockading piece

  • @Semicolon42
    @Semicolon42 8 місяців тому +2

    30:00 missed a checkmate, jumping the knight in to e3 and freezing on the white queen. No escape for white there! (Especially because their freeze was on cool down)

    • @ocococoe
      @ocococoe 8 місяців тому +1

      Freeze recharged after black's move though so wouldn't the opponent just counter freeze and take the knight next turn.

  • @dimitriskontoleon6787
    @dimitriskontoleon6787 8 місяців тому

    Looks like the freeze easy answered with freeze. But is so new game that many just miss this defence. Basically freeze work on double attack, and only some times...

  • @moz2589
    @moz2589 8 місяців тому +1

    Yet another banger video from the Spell Chess master himself Eric fRosen.

  • @Tvde1
    @Tvde1 8 місяців тому +11

    what if knight on f3 and pawn jumps to f4 and theres a black pawn on b4, can you en passant and take both the pawn and the knight?

    • @morfos95
      @morfos95 8 місяців тому +1

      We gotta test it :o

    • @LCRich2001
      @LCRich2001 8 місяців тому +1

      somewhere in the comments someone asked this same question. apparently it’s a yes

  • @tonid4081
    @tonid4081 8 місяців тому

    more spellchess!!

  • @JustAnotherCommenter
    @JustAnotherCommenter 8 місяців тому +1

    Imo, jump is worth 5 points of material (since it can manifest the ability of a rook OR a bishop, but not both) and the freeze is worth 1 point of material (in the default gamemode where the duration only lasts one move, also becuase the opponent can counter-freeze). In custom gamemodes, I'd say if the freeze lasted more moves, it'd be worth that many points of material as well.

  • @Susul-lj2wm
    @Susul-lj2wm 8 місяців тому

    i just tried it out, apparently if you jump a pawn over another piece, en passant can capture both

  • @Ichthyodactyl
    @Ichthyodactyl 8 місяців тому

    I actually love the Chad Rosen thumb. I had a good cackle about it.

  • @martinomasolo8833
    @martinomasolo8833 8 місяців тому +1

    At 25:40 there was a way to save the pawn on b7. It was bd5 and if qxb7 the jump would have gotten you the queen!

    • @Existence_-_
      @Existence_-_ 8 місяців тому

      I’m glad someone saw that. Tho I reckon bc8 might’ve been better to lure the queen into taking the bishop as well, and rook takes back with jump

  • @jayshah8383
    @jayshah8383 8 місяців тому

    More spell chess please!!

  • @edmis90
    @edmis90 8 місяців тому +1

    Imagine the danger you'd feel if you had 0x 0x of your abilities left but your opponent still has 1.
    Custom handicaps like that would be fun to watch in Rosen vs Viewers games.

  • @eaglegosuperskarmor
    @eaglegosuperskarmor 8 місяців тому

    With your analysis at the end, it still would have been checkmate even if you blocked with the queen, since they would still be able to jump it.

  • @ggmoyang
    @ggmoyang 8 місяців тому

    This variant is so fun, I'm addicted.

  • @ThomasLiljeruhm
    @ThomasLiljeruhm 8 місяців тому

    I just know that this would be perfect for Rosen.

  • @isavenewspapers8890
    @isavenewspapers8890 8 місяців тому

    A pawn, attacking a square which has been leaped over by an enemy pawn and is occupied by an enemy piece, may capture onto that square and thereby capture both enemy pieces at the same time.
    Imagine if you were the capturing pawn in this situation. You go to a square, you stab the enemy piece there, and while an enemy pawn is leaping overhead, you stab upward into it as well.

  • @jeremy.N
    @jeremy.N 8 місяців тому +1

    34:18
    white freezes e7 and moves the queen in to e6
    after that the only move is to counterfreeze the queen and do something else (very hard to see, but the only move is queen d8 to d7)
    then white does not defend the queen, but moves their bishop to b5
    the king is now in double check* with jump potion
    without a freeze this cannot be defended and eric loses
    unless in this hypothetical he finds queen to d7.
    finally chess with only tactics and no strategy /j
    Edit: pawn to a6 also works, but it's unlikely to find either move with that giant queen threat

  • @ModernArtery
    @ModernArtery 8 місяців тому

    This is actually really cool

  • @yto6095
    @yto6095 8 місяців тому

    8:41 rook to d1 still wins though, either you take the king with the knight, or with the rook. unless white already blocks that while counter freezing, with the bishop or the knight... or with the rook jumping from a1 to e1 so that your rook would need to jump over both of their rooks which is impossible

  • @evilcardiac953
    @evilcardiac953 8 місяців тому

    13:02 he almost did what the oppenent blunder lol😂

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 8 місяців тому +1

    12:34 "okay so opponent is threatening to take my king because they have a jump..."
    :D
    "but what they missed, is I also have a jump..."
    D:

  • @hellium6613
    @hellium6613 8 місяців тому

    e3/e4 then d6/d5 is instant win for white, check with bishop and freeze, then when horse moves out move Queen to a5 and ur threatening two jump mates that opponent can’t block.

  • @Aoltooliol
    @Aoltooliol 8 місяців тому +3

    I feel like knights become almost useless cause they're the only piece that doesn't benefit from the jump spell

  • @ramachandra776
    @ramachandra776 8 місяців тому +5

    After completing duck chess , Eric starts spell chess . 😂

  • @Max-br5wo
    @Max-br5wo 8 місяців тому

    34:57 after Eric freezes d2 I think opponent has tricky mate by freezing d7 and playing bishop b5, threatening unstoppable bishop jump to take the king next move.
    Incredibly tricky variant, love to see it

  • @EricOneHive
    @EricOneHive 8 місяців тому

    Damn spell chess is cool! Loving the Clash Crossover!

  • @starry7544
    @starry7544 8 місяців тому

    I really like this variant.

  • @Saeb81
    @Saeb81 8 місяців тому

    Rosen is king of variants

  • @javfenchel
    @javfenchel 8 місяців тому

    Just a follow up on the rules. You can capture two pieces at once, en passant after a pawn jumped a piece. However you may not do so if the pawn jumped your piece.

  • @jeremy.N
    @jeremy.N 8 місяців тому

    also about jump en-passant
    your pawn jumps over your or the enemy knight, but could now be taken in en-passant
    does that still work?, does the enemy pawn capture two pieces at once? can it capture it's own piece?
    (black pawn on e4, your/enemy knight on d3, you jump over the knight with a pawn to d4)

  • @nabileljabri2768
    @nabileljabri2768 8 місяців тому

    41:34 his mind froze after reading "can you jump en passant"

  • @ravikiran1997
    @ravikiran1997 8 місяців тому

    9:57 - "Call an ambulance, but not for me" moment 😂

  • @mendelmarozov888
    @mendelmarozov888 8 місяців тому

    My favorite variant

  • @sarainiaangelsong440
    @sarainiaangelsong440 8 місяців тому

    So the "Jump" basically just makes it like a long ranged checkers game, not stuck to diagonal movements, where as long as you can jump over a piece, the blank squares in between mean nothing, then you can freeze, seems a bit Gimicky but sure lols, what new chess variant be out next lols, maybe some funky mirror the board with a pocket knight outta nowhere next, like even Arimaa was inspired of chess even lols. However it's all fancy and new Gimicks all the time. The only thing in chess at least as long as you don't go "Fairy" is the pieces stay the same but have new Boosts of how to play. The only thing that Arimaa had that was kinda fun was the pulling and pushing things into Traps lols, the part of moving up to 4 times per move was a bit too crazy. The feature I like most with spell chess is just the "Jump" it does seem very balanced. Then Pocket Knights, but only adjacent to where a valid ending jump square can occur, to make it so they can't show up anywhere, probably just those 2 alone is literally a "Chess 2.0" The current game of chess doesn't freeze or block, so taking a page from that book, "Jump cards are fine", "Pocket Nights are fine but only adjacent to when an ending jump landing square can exist". Most pieces in the Fairy Chess line actually do what chess does, they don't Try to Freeze pieces or Lock squares down - To affect the board/pieces then "Duck chess and the Freeze in this." I remember a Chess evolved and man that was crazy lols, some of those pieces had no powers. and then others had Powers, I think "Moves without powers belong together" and "Moves with powers belong together" , seems when you combine them then you run into Checkmates where pieces and squares become inaccessible cuz they blocked or frozen. In Spell chess and Duck your accepting that both players can force a strong terrible block. Chess that only moves exist, at least you can Calculate much better sequentially move for move, expected moves as no powers are going on. If a power as in like the "Jump" exists then it would still be more move like, as a player can see a person has a Jump card available and also can see a problem piece on the board the Jump can attach to at least. Simpler games are easier for players to understand, this is why in many cases with new variants that use powers, you normally can't see your demise cropping up out of nowhere. Now if a Freeze was locked down to a specific piece and then that Freeze had a range from that piece, and then had a radius of effect from the Target square where pieces would be on. then Yes that calculable also as the variables are straightforward and literally can't just be anywhere on board. Game balance is always limiting things to where both sides can calculate, and not have it be as an "Infinite" board play scenario that goes anywhere at anytime. Limits do turn spells into calculatable moves as they have a narrow scope of when and where they are useful or not. However if you just want chaos alone, the "Arimaa board setup where players choose where anything goes, then the play rules of, Duck, and Freeze, and (Pocket Knights with no limits of where)" are the only 4 you ever will need till the end of time if you never ever want a game you can calculate, call that "Quantum Chess" at that point.

  • @gernil6216
    @gernil6216 8 місяців тому

    _8:43__ you can actually play Rd1 and make an unstoppable double threat jumpmate with the Jump potion_

  • @em4six348
    @em4six348 8 місяців тому

    9:47 The fact that opponent also hung their queen is funny, cuz there was jump a2, rxa5

  • @TheKawww
    @TheKawww 8 місяців тому

    I need more spell chess

  • @lumineani
    @lumineani 8 місяців тому

    4:26 I just realized that if a white pawn was on b6 in this position they couldve taken the night and en passant, *taking two pieces at once*

  • @samglasnovich4682
    @samglasnovich4682 8 місяців тому

    "Knights already jump" 😂

  • @jasonuerkvitz3756
    @jasonuerkvitz3756 8 місяців тому

    This must be part of the SuperCell crossover. Clash of Clans and Clash Royale all have chess themes this season. Very cool. The illustrations for the two spells are clearly from Clash games.

  • @overlordghs1081
    @overlordghs1081 8 місяців тому

    I feel like more modern openings and fianchettoing your bishops would be extremely strong with this variant.

  • @Chun788
    @Chun788 8 місяців тому

    Can you move a pawn two squares up from its starting square with a pawn blocking it by using a jump? And with that said can you en passant the pawn that jumped the other pawn

  • @T7Unknown
    @T7Unknown 8 місяців тому

    I've watched this guy for like a year and just found out he is the Eric Rosen levy's been talking about LMAO, I thought that was some old chess player who had an iconic queen sac

  • @nerdysheep1437
    @nerdysheep1437 8 місяців тому

    i love eric rosen

  • @matthewkrambeer2480
    @matthewkrambeer2480 8 місяців тому

    I want to see more spell chess

  • @erikmarkus7467
    @erikmarkus7467 8 місяців тому

    with regard to only use a jump with a pawn when developping... can you not also use a jump with a pawn to promote when you are blocked on the 7th?? that would be also pretty strong. also getting out of blocked pawn chains.... if people are strong enough to actually get to pawn endgames, i think pawn jumps can be super useful