chess variant: ranged pieces can travel through pawns of their own color.
1.Rxa7, etc. become valid opening moves, perhaps problematic.
motivation was to support chess variants with more pawns (the soul of chess), possibly on larger boards. but more pawns, say two rows of pawns in front of pieces, would make it difficult for pieces behind them to get into the action.
more pawns would also make it difficult to create flight squares for the king. therefore, consider letting the king clobber pawns of its own color.
consider a rook facing a rook with one intervening pawn. the asymmetry that one rook attacks the other but the other cannot attack back is unsatisfying. modified variant: when a ranged piece travels through pawns of its own color, it may not capture.
3 or more rows of pawns interfere with knight development.
multiple occupancy is another way for pieces to get through a crowd of pawns.
another variant: ranged pieces can travel through any pieces (not just pawns) of their own color.
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