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A new piece in chess and a new variant

Have you ever thought of this question:why are the knights the only piece that can jump over pieces? I mean ,every time you enter a beginner’s chess lesson, one of the things you hear about pieces is that the knight is the only piece that can jump over pieces.So what if we invented a new piece, that can also jump over pieces? I realized that this would be not possible in standard chess, so why not have a new variant that can have this piece.

In my mind I already knew what this piece would be like:it would be more or less like rook.It can move the same as a rook but the its methods of taking would be different . . .so it would have to jump over a piece to take another piece! For example,if this piece is on A1, a pawn was on A6 and a rook was on A8, then this piece would jump over the pawn and take the rook, but it could never take the pawn ,if a piece never between them.

Now ,I only solved one problem, there were two more:what would the piece and the variant be called and where to put this piece on the board. I decided to called the piece :cannon,since its methods of taking pieces are similar to a medieval cannon( of course it would look like a cannon).The variant would be called :Cannon Chess(no surprises there).As for where to put the piece ,it took me a long time to decide.At last ,I decided that there would be two cannons on each side ,for white they would be on B3 and G3, for black they would be B6 and G6.I also realize that the cannon is pretty exposed , so ,in the starting position,the B and G pawns on both sides would be pushed two squares ahead.

That just leaves us with one more problem , the piece value.For the piece value it would be four points(don’t ask me why).

Overall , thanks for reading this and I really hope that Lichess would make this a new variant and that you enjoyed this.PS:you can discuss your opinions in the forum(I will check regularly)

Have you ever thought of this question:why are the knights the only piece that can jump over pieces? I mean ,every time you enter a beginner’s chess lesson, one of the things you hear about pieces is that the knight is the only piece that can jump over pieces.So what if we invented a new piece, that can also jump over pieces? I realized that this would be not possible in standard chess, so why not have a new variant that can have this piece. In my mind I already knew what this piece would be like:it would be more or less like rook.It can move the same as a rook but the its methods of taking would be different . . .so it would have to jump over a piece to take another piece! For example,if this piece is on A1, a pawn was on A6 and a rook was on A8, then this piece would jump over the pawn and take the rook, but it could never take the pawn ,if a piece never between them. Now ,I only solved one problem, there were two more:what would the piece and the variant be called and where to put this piece on the board. I decided to called the piece :cannon,since its methods of taking pieces are similar to a medieval cannon( of course it would look like a cannon).The variant would be called :Cannon Chess(no surprises there).As for where to put the piece ,it took me a long time to decide.At last ,I decided that there would be two cannons on each side ,for white they would be on B3 and G3, for black they would be B6 and G6.I also realize that the cannon is pretty exposed , so ,in the starting position,the B and G pawns on both sides would be pushed two squares ahead. That just leaves us with one more problem , the piece value.For the piece value it would be four points(don’t ask me why). Overall , thanks for reading this and I really hope that Lichess would make this a new variant and that you enjoyed this.PS:you can discuss your opinions in the forum(I will check regularly)

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hey so like i was thinking of a new peice like sorta like a queen but it can also move like a knight heres a pic of what i mean
Screenshot 2026-02-22 120241.png but looks more like a queen knoght or like Untitled.png

hey so like i was thinking of a new peice like sorta like a queen but it can also move like a knight heres a pic of what i mean ![Screenshot 2026-02-22 120241.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=kzj8yLwDlfhM.png&sig=e36b48dfea233b824e255137da7e9f634bb2b96c) but looks more like a queen knoght or like ![Untitled.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=qmn_s3dqBsyl.png&sig=80e7e399fe89200406116451f39227dcf2cf4483)

i tryed to draw a knight with a crown called the quite or the queght and the variant should be ultra-qk

i tryed to draw a knight with a crown called the quite or the queght and the variant should be ultra-qk

according to my research this piece was already invented its called the amazon and looks like this Screenshot 2026-02-22 121409.png
but ive never seen it online so why not add it gonna be honest i think mine is better because its shorter

according to my research this piece was already invented its called the amazon and looks like this ![Screenshot 2026-02-22 121409.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=QQXAhgpkO6hj.png&sig=1b859d0cfdf8d33bffcc4d6a3348b16888919347) but ive never seen it online so why not add it gonna be honest i think mine is better because its shorter

but according to my resarch again it was not used ever it was just symbolic and 2 lichess is 2d so the amazon would take 2 squares so mine is better because it is a imple knight w a crown so it takes oje square so i think my peice is better bacause it also has a tied varint unlike amazon which was made 4 no reason

but according to my resarch again it was not used ever it was just symbolic and 2 lichess is 2d so the amazon would take 2 squares so mine is better because it is a imple knight w a crown so it takes oje square so i think my peice is better bacause it also has a tied varint unlike amazon which was made 4 no reason

If you like the idea of the Quite/Queght piece in the Ultra‐QK variant, then feel free to give this post a like. More support makes it more likely the devs/ @thibault will notice it.

If you like the idea of the Quite/Queght piece in the Ultra‐QK variant, then feel free to give this post a like. More support makes it more likely the devs/ @thibault will notice it.

so i ment like Screenshot 2026-02-22 123616.png

so i ment like ![Screenshot 2026-02-22 123616.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=V0aGfdJ1XiR5.png&sig=7a4b7489174ecbf1871a5511fff1cae7554f0c42)

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