Answers.Body: <p>First of all, the historical rules of <a href="http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/shatranj.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Shatranj</a> include the victory condition "bare King", i.e., capturing all pieces except the King is a victory, except that the other player can capture the last piece of the first player immediately after the loss of his last piece (then, the game is drawn).</p>
  
  <p>As a modern variant, there is <a href="http://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/extinction.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Extinction Chess (aka Survival of the Species)</a> where the extinction of one piece type (Knight, Bishop etc.) wins the game.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Horde/Dunsany's chess would match your requirement for one side (the other has to mate).</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Back in the 70s/80s when I experimented with Chess Variants I tried what we would call in Italian <em>Mangiatutto</em> (Eat-it-all) who was just that: King had no special priviliges and the goal was to take all of the opponent's army.</p>
  <p>Basically, checkers played with chess pieces.</p>
  <p>Quite dull.</p>
  <p>To spice it up we would play it in the fashion of Progressive Chess: White starts with 1 move, Black plays 2, white follows with 3, black with 4 and so on. It got a bit trickier in this way.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Is there any variation of chess where the winner has to take all of the opponents pieces rather than just force the capture of one of them ?</p>
  
  <p>I guess sacrifices wouldn't work well in this variation of chess.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: @BrianTowers: This question is not about antichess/losing chess/...,  (where the winner has to get rid of pieces) but about a variety where the winner has to take all the pieces of the opponent.
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Title: Variation of chess where winner has to capture all pieces?
ThreadText: # Variation of chess where winner has to capture all pieces?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-29)
  
  Is there any variation of chess where the winner has to take all of the opponents pieces rather than just force the capture of one of them ?
  
  I guess sacrifices wouldn't work well in this variation of chess.
  
  **Tags:** chess-variants
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: @BrianTowers: This question is not about antichess/losing chess/...,  (where the winner has to get rid of pieces) but about a variety where the winner has to take all the pieces of the opponent.  
  > **username_2**: @username_1 You're right, I read it too quickly Previous comment retracted.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-01-30. Score: 3
  
  First of all, the historical rules of [Shatranj](http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/shatranj.html) include the victory condition "bare King", i.e., capturing all pieces except the King is a victory, except that the other player can capture the last piece of the first player immediately after the loss of his last piece (then, the game is drawn).
  
  As a modern variant, there is [Extinction Chess (aka Survival of the Species)](http://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/extinction.html) where the extinction of one piece type (Knight, Bishop etc.) wins the game.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-01-29. Score: 3
  
  Horde/Dunsany's chess would match your requirement for one side (the other has to mate).
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2023-07-02. Score: 0
  
  Back in the 70s/80s when I experimented with Chess Variants I tried what we would call in Italian *Mangiatutto* (Eat-it-all) who was just that: King had no special priviliges and the goal was to take all of the opponent's army.
  
  Basically, checkers played with chess pieces.
  
  Quite dull.
  
  To spice it up we would play it in the fashion of Progressive Chess: White starts with 1 move, Black plays 2, white follows with 3, black with 4 and so on. It got a bit trickier in this way.
  
  
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