Kraton Chess Enthusiasts

There is a team for Centari Chess enthusiasts. Feel free to join! Here is the link to that team: https://lichess.org/team/centari-chess-enthusiasts.

Centari Chess is the same as Chess960 with the following differences. Checkmate doesn't require check. The side in checkmate needs to be able to move after that checkmate as if one could legally check themself. Stalemate occurs when a side can't move even if that side could check themself. A zugzwang form of checkmate probably shouldn't result in a stalemate draw. This also results in many more winning endgames. The kings always move two squares when castling. The white king must start on the E file. White rooks can't start on the D or F file. This improves castling. Castling is basically the same as in standard chess. The eighth rank might be mirrored across the files at the start. This means the pieces on A8 and H8 swap places, the pieces on B8 and G8 swap, and etc. These mirrored positions result in the same position for both sides, so they should probably be included. Queens might instead be marshals or chancellors in a starting position. Both sides have the same pieces. Marshals have knight and rook moves. Chancellors have bishop and knight moves. If queens, bishop and rook pieces, are in the game, marshals and chancellors probably should be too. Pawns can promote to a marshal or chancellor. There are 576 starting positions. Each starting position must practically have an equal chance of being selected. A game must begin almost when the starting position is being determined. Haste is required to prevent memorized moves. A game can not start until the board is setup. The word "Centari" is a play on of the Alpha Centauri.

There is a reddit post which describes Centari Chess more thoroughly: https://www.reddit.com/r/CentariChess/comments/g7j02k/centari_chess/.

This team is for Kraton Chess enthusiasts. Kraton Chess came before Centari Chess.