How to play Hostage Chess

Learn the rules to the Chess Variant: Hostage Chess - This video has no distractions, just the rules. For a refresher of the original Chess rules, check out this video: • How to play Chess (202...
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RULES:
Each player has a prison on the right side of their board and an airfield on the left. Whenever you capture a piece, you place that piece in your prison. On your turn, instead of making a normal move, you may perform a hostage exchange. Transfer one of your prisoners to your opponent’s airfield to take an appropriate piece from their prison and place that piece on any empty space on the board, this is called dropping a piece. The piece transferred must be of equal or greater value than the piece released from prison. The relative piece values are: queen is the highest, followed by rook, then bishop and knight are of the same level, with pawn the lowest value. A hostage exchange may not be refused by your opponent.
After you drop the released prisoner, your turn ends. On your turn instead of moving, you may drop any piece that is in your airfield. You may drop pieces to any empty space on the board. You may drop a piece to give check or checkmate. You may not drop a pawn on the 1st or last row. If you drop a pawn on the 2nd row, that pawn is allowed the 2 step move option. A dropped pawn may not be captured via En passant immediately after the drop. A dropped rook on a rook starting square can be used in castling so long as all the normal castling requirements are followed. You may drop a bishop on any space.
Your pawns may only be promoted to pieces higher than a pawn if that piece is available in your opponent’s prison. You pick which piece to promote to and replace the pawn with that piece in your opponent’s prison. Captured promoted pieces are placed in the prison and treated as that piece.
If there are no pieces available to promote to, then the pawn may not advance to the 8th row. Furthermore, if your opponent’s king is diagonally in front of the pawn and there is no available piece to promote to, then the king is not in check as the pawn is unable to advance to the 8th row. However, you opponent would also not be allowed to capture any piece that your pawn could promote to as that would immediately put the player in self-check.
The first player to checkmate their opponent, wins.

[@honeyjuice219]

It's like the regular chess with dropping rule but you have to trade a captured peice with a opponent. I like the creativity with this chess mods

[@revimfadli4666]

Plus you can play it with just one chess set, unlike chessgi & bughouse

[@honeyjuice219]

@@revimfadli4666 most chess mods can only be played with a regular chess set ¦ |

[@revimfadli4666]

@@honeyjuice219 not if you compare it with chessgi & bughouse ( -__- ) plus why did you even say "but" in the first place? ( __-__ )

[@xwtek3505]

@@revimfadli4666 Not even normal chess is playable with 1 chess set (i.e. Promoting to a queen when you already have a queen). A common house rule is to allow only promotion to the captured piece.

[@moustachescarz]

@@xwtek3505 generally an upside down rook is considered a queen

[@InfernosReaper]

It's amazing how many of these games start off with a decent premise but are either underdeveloped or include 1 or 2 poor design choices that drag it down into the mud

[@Торнадоплюспетарда]

Rules: Kidnap pieces' loved ones (obiviously, 76% of chess pieces are g@y) and demand ransom Every piece who demands ransom has a gun to finally capture the piece it held hostage or to trick the piece who didnt give ransom and capture HIM

[@T-74]

Hostage chess changes: Change 1. You may kidnap the other players loved ones and request a ransom from the other player. This does not take a turn. All other rules are as usual.

[@PaNini_cs]

Works in real life too😄

[@BrotherLongLegs8]

@@PaNini_cs 🤨

[@aliciavivi2147]

@@PaNini_cs 🤨

[@TrebleClefDan]

@@PaNini_cs 🤨

[@JuggR]

@@PaNini_cs 🎥🤨

[@christopherearth9714]

"Haha, I now have my Queen, check!" -"thanks for the knight lol, checkmate gg ez"

[@RGC_animation]

Lol

[@melvintnh328]

I was thinking how is it possible to checkmate when in check then realizing that countercheck (or checkmate in this case) is a thing lol

[@alldarin1464]

So, basically it's shogi with chess pieces

[@kadalix]

not necessarily because you can only drop the pieces your opponent has captured (i'm pretty sure) shogi only allows you to drop pieces that you yourself have captured

[@joshinon6980]

it's kinda similar to shogi or crazyhouse chess, but not exactly the same

[@melvintnh328]

that's crazyhouse tho...

[@kadalix]

@@melvintnh328 ahhh true true u right

[@xwtek3505]

That would be crazyhouse

[@GodGod-lr7qs]

Wow, a quite ingenious idea to modify the exquisite game of chess we have all come to know and love. Great work team, I will absolutely be trying this modified version of chess with my wife!

[@rosiefay7283]

Just so you know: the team's great work might include the filming, graphics and video production, but the chess variants were already invented before this team came along to explain them.

[@GodGod-lr7qs]

@@rosiefay7283 be quiet “rosie”

[@kkTeaz]

@@rosiefay7283 yeah, shut up 'rosie'!

[@waffler-yz3gw]

@@GodGod-lr7qs bro went on the attack

[@joakimandersson7769]

@@GodGod-lr7qs This answer alone makes me fear for your wife...

[@jonathanschmitt5762]

The move at the ending mentaly destroyed me.

[@melvintnh328]

lol

[@cyin974]

So it's like crazyhouse, but exchanging for your own pieces

[@joshinon6980]

it's like crazyhouse, but playable on a traditional chess board xd

[@eleweyter4462]

I loved, how you droped the Rook-Bomb at the end. I have to imagine, how this would be looking in reality: The King feels save behind his defense-line. No enemy can get through to him. And than, suddenly, a giant Tower drops right left to him, out of the blue and his precious defense-line becomes a deathtrap.

[@conejitorosada2326]

The only difference between a fortress and a prison is where the guns are pointed

[@ProgramViBee]

@@conejitorosada2326 "Everyone is trapped except me"

[@raymundolancealfreds1050]

There's still an escape there if you happen to drop a piece inside it

[@findtheshuaibs3888]

My family always said "Eating" instead of "Capturing" and its kinda wierd hearing ppl say "Capturing"

[@captainozannus6090]

Love how you show different chess variations. Keep up the good work!

[@pauljackson3491]

I wouldn't allow a dropped piece to check the king. It seems like your king wouldn't be safe anywhere since a dropped piece could 'appear' next to it.

[@deadersurvival4716]

And that's why "board control" is a metric of how well a player is doing. Your opponent dropping a piece doesn't matter if you can clean it up.

[@RGC_animation]

Same here

[@chastitywhiterose]

And that’s exactly how I lose in Crazyhouse. Someone exchanges queens and then drops a queen and checkmates me.

[@lukostello]

I just came up with a chess variant idea not sure if it works: you're able to capture your own pieces and then place that captured piece anywhere on your side of the board. If that is too flexible try you're able to capture your own pieces and then place the captured piece on the square where the piece that captured it was.

[@fos1451]

So you capture your own piece this move, that's mean you can like place that captured piece on anywhere on your side of the board next turn and continuously? I can see pawn + queen being strong together since whenever the queen is on trouble, you can just capture it. I don't know about balancing the game though

[@ashercd6487]

big Brain move: capture your king so the opponent can't checkmate you

[@TheFlareGuy]

Its the fbi

[@zzlouisz]

lol

[@pug8714]

Bye then

[@Neo36563]

Black:Hey Im imprisoning you White:No your not. My rook will help me Black's Queen:I'm going to capture you White:Help!!!!!

[@alexandersassaman1822]

"You may not En Passant a dropped piece." Incorrect. En Passant is always forced. Even if it is an illegal move. Either that or you reaign from the shame of not En Passanting

[@kohwenxu]

Anarchy Chess

[@alduintheanti-dragonborn]

White Pawn: Sorry my King, but it appears I cannot attack the enemy King and win the war because they don't have anyone higher value than me in their prison.

[@kohwenxu]

Actually, now that I think about it, it’s also basically just makes it impossible for the other side to capture stuff other than pawns because by doing so self-checks themselves.

[@kohwenxu]

Black King to all other pieces: Sorry my fellas, but it appears that yall cannot take anything other than pawns, because the enemy pawn will check me by doing so

[@o11229]

i think if there are no pieces to promote when a pawn reaches last row it should be a king pawn and can capture diagonally backward or forward and can move 1 space horizontal, backward or forward(definetly not stolen for checkers

[@AkshitParoha]

That game would end very quick

[@deadersurvival4716]

Not really. Only if one player doesn't know how the pieces move traditionally.

[@dustinjames1268]

How so? Just as easily as one player can drop a piece to attack, the other can drop one to defend Given both players are of equal strength, it would be a long hard fought game

[@georgecarr9561]

Dropping a peace would be a sweet street slang for something if its not already.

[@triplepain522]

its street slang for putting a piece from your opponents prison onto the chess board

[@georgecarr9561]

@@triplepain522 fair enough

[@sanicswaghog5278]

Dropping a deuce?

[@qwq1017]

Where from did the rook move at 2:35???

[@issacng7750]

He dropped a piece

[@mathieubach6851]

-But didn't he said no piece on first and last line ?- nvm he said pawns

[@matheo000]

@@mathieubach6851 this is only for pawns

[@neobullseye1]

@@mathieubach6851 That rule only applied to the pawns; other pieces can do it just fine.

[@nicolasrededeo805]

I imagine you can, but can you break a check by dropping a piece between the king and the checking piece?

[@certifiedfurry]

its like chess, but with recycling

[@videoseeker117]

Lol... Dropping a piece straight to king's territory and immediate checkmate are allowed

[@empty5013]

the pawn promotion rules are absolute garbage and make pawns absolutely terrible, particularly the back rank capturing mechanic is absolute garbage.

[@concuso1]

True

[@deadersurvival4716]

...you realize what pawns are, right?

[@thekillerxgamer4674]

@@deadersurvival4716 you see, in traditional chess pawns themselves are weak, but thats what makes them so strong, its because they have 2 things, 1 they have low value so whenever they control a square no piece can ever touch it, 2 its a gigantic threat when they are close to the enemy's back rank, by severly weakening 2 pawns lose alot of value. "A good play knows how to play with his pawns" pawns arent as you weak as you think, but now they are made weaker

[@deadersurvival4716]

@@thekillerxgamer4674 ...1 isn't even vaguely true, and people who haven't even played chess should know that, so I'm not even gonna dignify that with a response. As far as 2, you're strengthen the pawns ability to get to your opponent's back line since you can literally put them one away from the goal. The only time you can reduce that threat is if you're not missing any non-pawns, which, let's be honest, you likely will be if you play with any braincells at all, and even if, for whatever reason, you drop a pawn on row 7 with only pawns in your opponent's jail, it then becomes a delayed threat by reducing what your opponent can do before dealing with that pawn. How about you think about how an actual game works out before you run your mouth, or better yet, watch and play the variant, you're on KZbin, after all, it won't exactly be hard. The pawn is STRONGER in this variant than in traditional chess, since it can actually being a threat, instead of being bait..

[@tomleslie6165]

@@deadersurvival4716 Very true. Also, having a pawn in a promotion spot makes a piece exchange particularly deadly. I take your queen, you take my queen, but then instead of exchanging hostages (queen for queen) I promote my pawn and get my queen back for (almost) free - while your queen rots in my prison. So you absolutely cannot ignore a pawn in promotion position, even if there temporarily isn't anything for them to promote to.

[@danielblumberg308]

I do this really well in real life. I should be good at it in chess

[@SPITFIRE4794]

holdup

[@melvintnh328]

@@SPITFIRE4794 wait a minute

[@melvintnh328]

something ain't right

[@mouthlesshater]

Police officer?

[@merikmalhads1676]

Imagine getting a protected pawn to corner a king then putting your queen in a really stupid easily taken place. The immortal queen is a reality now

[@bqh3795]

2:35 P A I N

[@ryuudachi]

Shogi 2

[@versuzzero5335]

Ooh. Sounds like one of the chess variants I came up with when I was a kid. But this one is better with the airfield and hostage explanation.

[@TheMe26]

We used to play a co op version of this Where 2 player team Each player on the team plays a different color P1:white and p2:black A peice that player 1 captutes goes to the hand of p2 who can drop it Same goes for p2 giving peices to p1 hence the different colors Must be played with time and no increment Teamwork is everything and freezing the board is a viable option to stop peices transfers The team that checkmates on either board wins

[@melvintnh328]

bughouse

[@vaipyro]

But let's say if the only move is to move your pawn from the 7th rank to the 8th rank but you don't have anything to promote to, what happens?

[@cibermage076]

stalemate, but i don´t think that this situation is possible

[@JR-White]

Not a legal move thus stalemate and a once in a generation experience

[@melvintnh328]

if the pawn can't promote, all your not pawn pieces must be on the board, so it may be impossible unless all of your not pawn pieces has no legal move. Long story short, it's too complicated...

[@melvintnh328]

ok, I tried making such a position but it's impossible. The reason is because you need to make sure all your pieces are on the board so it's impossible to promote or drop a piece, and make sure all the pieces expect all pawns don't have a legal move, but that will be too hard.

[@mouthlesshater]

I believe that unless stated, you can still promote.

[@EdKolis]

I see you're calling the ranks "rows"? Might be easier for new players to understand but could confuse more experienced chess players...

[@kingacrisius]

I doubt the concept of rows eludes high level chess players, considering they typically graduated elementary school

[@oenrn]

Rows and ranks are both acceptable terminology.

[@deadersurvival4716]

Imagine being elitist about the word "rows". Tell me you don't know anything about chess pros without using the words.

[@ValkyRiver]

Does he know how to do a shogi-style “snap” when placing a piece?

[@LuxisAlukard]

Dude, you have 1000 or so more subs then last week when I started following you. Congratulations!

[@TripleSGames]

Thanks!! Yeah the growth has been huge recently!! :)

[@LuxisAlukard]

@@TripleSGames I hope I helped a little bit, with binging about 100 videos in a week, liking them and commenting (because that's how we feed the mighty YT algorithm) =)

[@LURTZcz]

This does not seem like well thought out variant. The fact that opponent can not refuse exchange combined with the fact the bishops are considered equal to knight will likely mean that knights will be exchanged for bishops any chance somebody gets. This will result in weird patterns of trading better developed minor pieces for worse developed ones only to do exchange of knight for bishop to restore bishop pair. I know that this could be considered part of the tactics, part of how it is supposed to be played, but It looks like it is just a oversight. I admit I only make assumptions, that I have not actually tried it, but it seem to me like poorly thought out attempt at making two player bug-house like variant. I think that either bishops should be considered more valuable then knights or exchanges reusable, to make this variant better.

[@deadersurvival4716]

A) I don't even know what you just said. That might literally be the most confusing 2 sentence paragraphs that I've ever read. B) No, Bishops are about equal to Knights in any "drop variant". This is because as a leaper, Knights aren't constricted to anyone's bullshit, and as a 2-1, they're the only piece on the board that can get a queen, for relatively free; which is even stronger as you can only make trades if you can get an equal or stronger piece, meaning the only way to get a queen back is to either promote to it, to give a queen back, or to hope your opponent is an idiot and gives you your queen for a weaker piece. C) If there's ANY error in setup, it's that both of the 1d sliders should be in the same value, not Rooks being stronger. But even that makes sense, as Bishops can, at most, get 14 spaces (7 in on direction, 6 in the other, plus the space it's on counting for both) while a Rook will ALWAYS have 15 (7+7+1). D) What's more reusable than being able to drop pieces in a variant missing a traditional endgame of running out of pieces? Like, seriously, the entire gimmick is that, unless you and your opponent ignore the entire drop mechanic, you physically CANNOT run out of material to trade. And if that's the case, you can't blame the variant if you're not playing the variant. At that point, you'd be playing vanilla chess, but with a designated graveyard.

[@kingofgameing107]

i play this game without the chess part

[@nathanielhayden5919]

So a worse version of crazyhouse?

[@gemienitithumbundit5465]

Crazyhouse but less crazy

[@namelessunnamed6544]

Crazyhouse is better

[@ethanliang1836]

this is op

[@SeanJoshuaEEbro]

Question: If the king is in check, and your piece is on an airfield. Would you block the check by a dropped piece?

[@deadersurvival4716]

Yes, pieces in airfields can be dropped, in place of a standard turn, at any time.

[@ianp1745]

@@deadersurvival4716 For example, the only way for white to get out of check on the checkmate screen would be to drop something (except a pawn) on b1 to block the check. If white has no pieces to drop (or has only pawns, which can’t drop on row 1 or 8) then it’s mate

[@antoniosanchez-qd4cg]

Another variant of chess that use the mechanic of exchanging hostages better than shogi.

[@handledav]

so many variants

[@ttman1511]

Can i hold the player hostage?

[@EdKolis]

Only if you personally capture him. Don't forget your handcuffs and chloroform!

[@ttman1511]

@@EdKolis Almost forgot, thanks!

[@santoshgames5937]

Basically it's Infinite thinking chess

[@deadersurvival4716]

Not really. Not anymore than traditional chess.

[@hubee2407]

100 year war in a nutshell

[@Vade4545]

I assume you can drop a piece if your opponent puts you into check mate to block, like in the last shot when black dropped a rook to checkmate, that you can drop a piece to block?

[@TripleSGames]

Yes you can

[@Vade4545]

@@TripleSGames finally, a chance to reject getting checkmated! >:D Thank you so much. Also I love your videos

[@tomleslie6165]

Yes, and for that reason, mating attacks need to be up close and personal. Knights are generally more useful than bishops because they can’t be blocked. Once you force the king to move, remaining drops can be right next to him. With the right series of drops, the opponent never gets a chance to drop in response.

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

l always thought having captured pieces get into prison idk why

[@deadersurvival4716]

Because it's literally a war game, and the options for real-life would be prison or death?

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

@@deadersurvival4716 true

[@RGC_animation]

This basically destroys the purpose of Queen for Queen capture

[@connorschultz380]

I guess you have to be a bit smarter and deal with the queen another way

[@Cloud-jz5zx]

Lol

[@Cloud-jz5zx]

Ok

[@Cloud-jz5zx]

Oh

[@callumchild]

I wish their was a tipe of chess and their was only pawns

[@StoMoComedoPro]

222th comment, and assuming you can also promote with drop a peice of yours from your airfield, right?

[@caioxlive1318]

I don't have to wait until my turn to do a hostage exchange. I can do it at any time, but the hostage released goes to my Airfield.

[@broccoliyong9319]

Instructions unclear, I’m in jail for kidnapping my opponent

[@paulamarina04]

1:59 this part is sooo cool why arent we talking about it

[@KevinTyler123]

Chinese chess: how to play

[@TripleSGames]

Coming… soonish

[@pinkyarora7293]

Can we exchange two or more pieces of equal or greater value? Eg three pawns for a bishop?

[@SayyidulAkbar]

When i watch short's they all have no comment's💀💀💀

[@meanyhunter5958]

If you get checksmted let the piece take the king and drop the king

[@JuggR]

Hostage chess it's the same as regular chess but with these changes. you have a gu...

[@Yosymite]

Essentially Crazyhouse chess with extra rules.

[@thesantahater]

that rook is a queen because upside down rook is a queen.

[@UnixTMDev]

what's with all the chess mods and why am i caring so much about them

[@caydennguyen1249]

Hexapawn Storytime chess

[@matheustran8009]

Theoretically you can create a position where black is not allowed to take any pieces besides pawns

[@heyitsgowcow]

Only for a turn or two, since the opponent's king can still capture the pawn if the pawn is in that position.

[@kohwenxu]

@@heyitsgowcow But it could hurt badly if let’s say the black king is like cooped up in the corner and the black pieces beside it are quite pinned… Then it hurts to do pawns only, especially if the pawn threatening check is protected by other pieces

[@kohwenxu]

But I don’t think any self-respecting chess player would be dumb to do that

[@harrisonpatricio8163]

Can i trade a queen for 2 bishops and a knight?

[@archer5834]

Idk why but I find myself watching these even when I don't own any of these absurd games

[@lukostello]

if you own chess, you own this game

[@loganvurklemeyer1957]

@@lukostello that sounds kinda satisfying

[@lindsaybelderson7735]

Crazyhouse with a subtle twist

[@Trikovioz]

This is essentially Shogi with slightly altered rules

[@jmrbrawler1874]

"Помогите, я в заложниках"

[@ninjacalix3194]

If u castle and the enemy has a captured rook

[@marcellus4989]

Imagine How many people would Just sacrifice their Queen Just só they can say "TACTICAL QUEEN, INCOMING"

[@digbyskellington]

So what is the point of the airfield? If you have one of your own pieces in your airfield, can you use a move to drop it on the board without first capturing an opponent's piece?

[@deadersurvival4716]

Yep, you nailed it.

[@brazilianentertainmentsystem]

interesting

[@TheFlareGuy]

Of course

[@GoodMic69]

The wafflehouse has found its new host

[@mkks4559]

Quality videos. Daily uploads. New and fun ways to play chess. This channel is just amazing.

[@blazingnothing9418]

These Queens are pieceful for now

[@DovonMac1]

Dropping should only accrue on one side of the board the player can only drop a piece four ranks on the opposing player’s side You almost can not place your opponent in direct check by a returning a piece to the board

[@deadersurvival4716]

WHAT?

[@Zeyn810]

Wy doesnt the king cost any points?

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

"Ha ha, no one can harm my king when i queen side castle." "Okay I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move."

[@tetrisboi7731]

Crazyhouse on crack

[@Grimmatical]

its like shogi ahahahaa

[@ReesesMonkeyXP]

step one: kidnap an opponent.

[@NSDaishi]

that last scene was dirty

[@gigi-2301]

holding hostage chess

[@trinstonmichaels7062]

Trinston was here...

[@prostoychuvak5268]

Bro created shogi

[@notreallygudetama]

what in the name of shogi

[@pilotultrapromaxmeow8081]

This is what I called hostage chess when I black mail the king I mean I check it not checkmate

[@I_love_space.]

Is it ok to play this with a normal chess board? I feel like it is

[@deadersurvival4716]

yes

[@amazingartncraft8991]

Please put a video on how to play with pokemon cards i always wanted to play with it so

[@FlowerPotsM]

realistic chess?

[@mikotourabe1830]

Basically shogi

[@dashthecat0]

why no en passant

[@gimiter7463]

othello game with pieces in shape of go. is that a thing or i just been mistaken?

[@remstt746]

Can you block a check by dropping a piece?

[@CatSurfer]

Yes