Drawback Chess

Drawback Chess is a chess game website launched in February 2024 by Glyder Games, which also launched The Rookery. The gameplay consists of a chess board, acting like a normal chess but is modified by "drawbacks" which restricted some moves and other features of players. 
==Features==
The website is a modified chess game with a new feature called "drawback". Each player has their drawbacks, with different, random rules to restrict their moves and other features. 
The website does not allow checkmate and stalemate, and instead, players have to capture their opponents' kings in order to win the game, even if the chess board is empty but only with kings. They will also win their game if their opponents violate their drawbacks.
When playing the game on the website, the more ELOs they have, the harder the drawback they can get. They can also play the game against AI, which is run with either Stockfish or other chess game engines.
The website also allows players to capture the kings "en passant" by playing any move to the square it left or moved through after their king castles out of or through check. (For example: its home square and where the rook lands)
By calculating distances, the website uses the sum of squares the pieces moved from and to rather than pythagorean theorem.
==History==
In February 2024, Glyder Games programmed and launched their website under the domain name www.drawbackchess.com. Later on February 13, 2024, the website developer(s) from Glyder Games sent a message to Chess Simp, a Vietnamese YouTuber known for his "100-rated chess" series. According to the email, 
Glyder Games considered that it was inspired by a concept of Chess Simp's "100-rated chess" series. Chess Simp later played and recorded the website, and then uploaded a video.
After Chess Simp had uploaded a video, the website gained popularity as more Internet users came to the website to play the chess game.
==External Links==
*Archived drawbackchess.com (Internet Archive)
==References==
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