user24309: In this chess variant, the number of moves made both chess players are 1 & 2 alternatively. Here is a showing of it.
White        Black
1                   2
2                   1
1                    2
2                    1
1                    2
2                    1
Is this a good chess variation, strategically speaking? Could this lead to new ideas and complexity in the game?

user9192: If you want a complex game that involves strategies similar to ordinary chess and yet is humanly playable, see this post where I explain a couple of meta-heuristics in creating very complex chess variants. But a very simple 2-move variant goes as follows:

On a player's turn, he/she can make up to 2 moves without a capture or make a single capture, but check ends the turn.

To balance the game, White can only make 1 move on the first turn.

The player must not be in check after each move even halfway through the turn.


You can do the same to other chess-like games such as Chinese chess, and the resulting games can be really interesting, much more than ordinary chess is!

user17157: 
Continuous legal moves given by the player as checks could be 1,2 or more. The checks are not counted as moves. Once the checks are completed, the player will make a single or two moves depending upon his turn which are not check moves.

If I'm understanding this correctly, this seems very degenerate and an easy win for white after 1. e3.  No matter what black does for their two moves, it white should be able to play either 2. Qf3 & Qxf7+ OR 2. Qh5 & Qxf7+ OR 2. Qg4 & Qxd7+.  Checks don't count as moves, so it is still white's turn.  So, white's queen simply gobbles up black's entire queenside with checks: Qxe7,  Qxd8, Qxc8, Qxb8, Qxa8.  A further continuation (still on white's move) could be Qd8 Qe7 Qf7 Qxf8 Qxg8 Qxh8, gobbling up the entire kingside.  Since queens are so powerful (due to the checks aren't moves rule) and black no longer has one (and is also down massive amounts of material), white should be able to win with minimal effort from here.

24309: <p>In this chess variant, the number of moves made both chess players are 1 &amp; 2 alternatively. Here is a showing of it.</p>
<p>White        Black</p>
<p>1                   2</p>
<p>2                   1</p>
<p>1                    2</p>
<p>2                    1</p>
<p>1                    2</p>
<p>2                    1</p>
<p>Is this a good chess variation, strategically speaking? Could this lead to new ideas and complexity in the game?</p>
 9192: <p>If you want a complex game that involves strategies similar to ordinary chess and yet is humanly playable, see <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/29581/9192">this post</a> where I explain a couple of meta-heuristics in creating very complex chess variants. But a very simple 2-move variant goes as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>On a player's turn, he/she can make up to 2 moves without a capture or make a single capture, but check ends the turn.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To balance the game, White can only make 1 move on the first turn.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The player must not be in check after each move even halfway through the turn.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>You can do the same to other chess-like games such as Chinese chess, and the resulting games can be really interesting, much more than ordinary chess is!</p>
 17157: <blockquote>
<p>Continuous legal moves given by the player as checks could be 1,2 or more. <strong>The checks are not counted as moves.</strong> Once the checks are completed, the player will make a single or two moves depending upon his turn which are not check moves.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If I'm understanding this correctly, this seems very degenerate and an easy win for white after 1. e3.  No matter what black does for their two moves, it white should be able to play either 2. Qf3 &amp; Qxf7+ OR 2. Qh5 &amp; Qxf7+ OR 2. Qg4 &amp; Qxd7+.  Checks don't count as moves, so it is still white's turn.  So, white's queen simply gobbles up black's entire queenside with checks: Qxe7,  Qxd8, Qxc8, Qxb8, Qxa8.  A further continuation (still on white's move) could be Qd8 Qe7 Qf7 Qxf8 Qxg8 Qxh8, gobbling up the entire kingside.  Since queens are so powerful (due to the checks aren't moves rule) and black no longer has one (and is also down massive amounts of material), white should be able to win with minimal effort from here.</p>
