# Chess: Same Piece Capture Only

> Chess Variants, New Take Rules

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6786072514](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6786072514)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6786072514`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** David Medawar
- **Category:** Board
- **Version:** 1.5.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-31
- **First published:** 2026-07-17
- **Size:** 13 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-same-piece-capture-only/id6786072514)
- **Website:** [https://davidmedawar.app/apps/weird-chess-game](https://davidmedawar.app/apps/weird-chess-game)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://davidmedawar.app/privacy/weirdchess](https://davidmedawar.app/privacy/weirdchess)

## Description

Only matching pieces can capture. Pawns hit pawns — not queens. Kings still take anything. Offline chess variants vs CPU or a friend.

Chess with one capture rule changed — and that one change rewires how you think.

THE RULE
Pieces can only capture the same type.
• Pawns capture pawns
• Knights capture knights
• Queens capture queens
• Kings still capture anything (like normal chess)

Everything else is normal: check, checkmate, castling, en passant, promotion.

WHY PLAY THIS
Regular chess rewards muscle memory. Openings on autopilot. Patterns you stop questioning.
Here, every capture is a decision. Positions that look like blunders aren’t. Safe-looking pieces suddenly aren’t. It’s a workout for calculation — the kind that transfers back when you return to standard chess.

FEATURES
• Full games vs CPU (multiple strengths) or pass-and-play
• Offline — no account required
• Weird-rule mate puzzles built for this capture rule
• Themes and piece sets
• Optional clocks

If you’re stuck in the same games, try a rule that won’t let your hands play for you.

## Rankings

- #1,665,206 — Overall

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