Nationalist Chess

In this chess variant, each player chooses a nationality, giving him a special ability. Special abilities are based on historic aspects of the nationalities. Play as the British, Chinese, Japanese, Americans, Germans, Russians, Romans, French, or Vikings.

The nationality powers are as follows:

BRITISH A Great Seafaring Nation. You may move your pawns like queens. (Not capture like queens, only move like queens) British pawns cannot be upgraded.

CHINESE Go Masters. If you border any opponents piece on any 2 sides with any 2 of your pieces, you automatically capture it.

JAPANESE Bushido Warrior Fanatics. Move any one of your pieces twice in a row during your turn but that piece is Removed from play at the end of your turn. You may not checkmate your opponent in this way.

AMERICAN The Land of Opportunity. You may at any time, as a move, replace any one of your Pawns with any of your other pieces that have been captured by an opponent.

GERMAN Inventors of the Blitzkrieg. On your turn, you may move 2 of your pieces. (Not one piece twice)

RUSSIAN Manpower Juggernaught. Every time one of your pawns is captured you may immediately return it to play in any empty space on your back 2 rows.

ROMAN Mighty Legions. All your pieces may move and/or capture like pawns in addition to their regular movement.

FRENCH Napoleonic Greatness. As a move, you may switch the locations of any 2 of your pieces. You may not use this ability to check or checkmate.

VIKING Legendary Raiders. You may as a move, on your turn, move any one of your non-pawn, Non-king pieces to any empty space on the board. You may not use this ability to check or checkmate.