CHESSMUTATOR
Missing Rook
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Missing Rook

At match start, one rook is missing from the affected side. The missing rook never returns.

Difficulty: easyAppears in: 2 levelsAt match start

Rule variants

Base and Extra, kept distinct.

A campaign Extra variant changes the main mutator rule. It is separate from an additional side mutator.

Base variant

Main mutator

At match start, one rook is missing from the affected side. The missing rook never returns.

Detailed rule

At match start, one rook is missing from the affected side. The missing rook never returns.

Extra variant

Changed main rule

At match start, one rook is missing from the affected side. The remaining original rook is frozen through player move 7 and is free before move 8.

Detailed rule

At match start, one rook is missing from the affected side. The remaining original rook is frozen through player move 7 and is free before move 8.

Conquest

Affected side: Your side

At match start, one of your rooks is missing. Your remaining original rook is frozen through player move 7 and is free before move 8.

Domination

Affected side: Enemy side

At match start, one enemy rook is missing. Its remaining original rook is frozen through player move 7 and is free before move 8.

Strategy notes

Turn the constraint into a lever.

Plan around it

  • Wake the surviving rook early.
  • Use the queen as support, not a hammer.

Keep in mind

  • Keep the king tucked behind solid cover.
  • Do not trade for the sake of momentum.