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What if a piece could only be captured, when attacked twice!

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An interesting new chess variant?

Who has the advantage?

For context:
https://youtu.be/ZD8d9El45nQ
https://youtu.be/M2funavoJZA

Looking at the main position of my two videos. If the Black pieces can only be captured, if they are attacked twice (except the king), who has the advantage?
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  1. Black has the clear advantage!
  2. It is pretty equal
  3. White has the clear advantage!

No engine can help us here.

Black wins... maybe?

After playing a couple of games against myself with this position, it turns out, that this is actually fun! In the very beginning, I was certain that White had the clear advantage. A couple of more games, and I was in Black's favour. But now, I am completely unclear of who is actually better.

https://lichess.org/study/1EP7sJGy

https://lichess.org/study/4qvtZ8b7/RiztYYsx

https://lichess.org/study/4qvtZ8b7/u7vOXE5i

Obviously, I only have a rating of 1900-2000, but I spent a while with some far more interesting games, which I sadly didn't save, as they were just for early testing.

Am I missing something?

This Wikipedia chess variant article is massive:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_variants

But I couldn't find any variant, where a piece can only be captured, if attacked twice. Is this unique? Or badly flawed? Try this variant out with a friend.

In my other article, How to play as a Zombie army against a friend on lichess in 5 steps! I described how you can set up unique chess positions to play against a friend. Keep in mind, you need to calculate on your own, if a piece can be captured, or not!

https://lichess.org/editor/nnnnnnnn/8/4k3/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR_w_KQ_-_0_1?color=white