How to play Chessplus

Learn the rules to the board game Chessplus quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. For a refresher of the original Chess rules, check out this video: https://youtu.be/fKxG8KjH1Qg

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RULES:
The rules are the same as regular chess, except for these changes. For a refresher of those rules, check out this video. Each piece, except for the king, is designed to be able to combine with any other piece. To combine pieces, on your turn, for your move, you are allowed to join your own pieces together by moving them onto the same space. Only two pieces may be combined at a time, and you are not allowed to combine your pieces with your opponent’s pieces. A piece may travel any legal distance to combine but a piece may not pass-through other pieces. You are allowed to combine the same types of pieces if you want. The king may never combine with another piece.

Combined pieces may move as a single piece with the movement power of either piece. For example, if you combine a rook and a bishop, the combined piece can move either like a rook or a bishop. You are allowed to split pieces by only moving 1 of the combined pieces away with that piece’s normal movement, any distance that is legal. You may combine a piece from a split in the same move. You are not allowed to split a piece and have it move with the other piece’s ability. When you split a bishop, that bishop is confined to whatever color it is currently on regardless of the color that bishop began the game on.

There is no limit to the number of times you can combine or split, and you may begin combining on your very first turn. Individual pieces, combined pieces, and splitting pieces may move to capture any other piece like normal. When you capture an opponent’s combined piece, both of their joined pieces are removed from the board.

If a combined piece containing a pawn makes it to the far side of the board, both joined pieces are removed from the board and promoted to a single queen. If you split a pawn from a combination to get promoted, only the pawn is removed from the board. You are not allowed to en passant a combined piece that contains a pawn unless the joined pieces are both pawns.

You are allowed to castle with a combined rook so long as that rook hasn’t moved yet and you follow all the other normal rules for castling. If your pawn moves to any of your starting pawn spaces, it regains its ability to perform the initial 2-step move. The first player to checkmate their opponent, wins.