Trans Chess: New variant for the 21st century?

Had an idea for a chess variant and I’m curious if it would actually work.

Once per game, instead of making a move, you can switch the roles of your king and queen. They stay on the same squares, but the king becomes a queen and the queen becomes the king.

It uses your turn, and you couldn’t play this move if the new king would immediately be in check.

Thoughts?

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u/EPDoc — 7 days ago

Trans Chess: king and queen can switch roles once per game

Had an idea for a chess variant and I’m curious if it would actually work.

Once per game, instead of making a move, you can switch the roles of your king and queen. They stay on the same squares, but the king becomes a queen and the queen becomes the king.

It uses your turn, and you couldn’t play this move if the new king would immediately be in check.

Thoughts?

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u/EPDoc — 7 days ago