Random King

  RANDOM KING TWO ROOKS, ONE KING by Lúcio J. P. Filho Setup: Each player starts with two Queens instead of a King. Each player's two Rooks are present, but one of them will eventually become the King. Rules: When one Rook is captured, the remaining Rook on that side is immediately promoted to a King. The promotion is automatic and mandatory. The promoted Rook-King gains all the standard properties of a King, including being the checkmated piece, moving one square in any direction, and being unable to be placed in check. Prior to promotion, the Rooks move and capture normally as Rooks. There is no castling. Queens Variant: Instead of promoting the second Rook to King, you can promote a Queen to King when the first Queen is taken. This way the power of having two Queens is reduced because players will have to play defensive with their Queens. Full Random Variant: In this variant, when a piece is captured, there is a chance to promote a second piece to King. The pieces eligible for