p.boxed. You have a king and an antiking. King cannot be let in check, but antiking must always stay under check. Antiking captures his own kind. p. A new piece is introduced: the antiking, noted by the letter 'A' in diagrams and PGNs. This piece must always remain under (orthodox) check: it is considered in (anti-)check when not attacked by any enemy piece. In such a situation, the antiking must move immediately to an attacked square. p. The antiking is a royal figure, and thus cannot be captured. It captures only the pieces of his color (to help checkmating the opponent's antiking, but this also complicates standard checkmate). figure.diagram-container .diagram | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/3A4/8/8/3a4/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR c5,d5,e5: figcaption Marked squares are not allowed antiking moves. ul li. Although antiking captures his color, it doesn't check his king - it doesn't check the opponent's king either. li. Since it would allow a basic tactic (keep antiking touching opponent's king), kings do not attack antikings. h3 End of the game p There are two ways to win: ol li Checkmate opponent king li Anti-checkmate opponent antiking p. ...Or do both at the same time, as on the following diagram after 3.Qxf7# (the black antiking was on g3). figure.diagram-container .diagram | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppp1Qpp/1A6/4p3/4P2a/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1KBNR h4,e8: figcaption After 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Ah4?? 3.Qxf7# h3 More information p a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffobjective.dir/anti-king-chess.html") | Antiking chess |  on chessvariants.com.