# Chess rules question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game, chess\ **Created:** [February 15, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-rules-question/979805 "2023-02-15T00:42:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-rules-question/979805/10 "2023-02-16T03:54:29Z")
Like Duck Chess! > [@New chess variant: duck chess!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chess-variant-duck-chess/973213): > > [Chess.com](http://Chess.com) has added a handful of new variants, and one of them is understandably sweeping all the video bloggers. Duck chess sounds kind of dumb, but I am finding it addictive – basically, it’s just like a normal chess game, except every move you have to move a little duck around the board. What does the duck do? It’s basically a brick sitting on a square, blocking anything that tries to go through it, other than knights jumping over it. The net effect, as best I can tell so far, is substantial… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-rules-question/979805)._