Losing chess (also known as
Antichess, the
Losing Game,
Giveaway chess,
Suicide chess,
Killer chess,
Must-Kill,
Take-all chess, or
Losums) is a
chess variant in which the objective of each player is to lose all of his
pieces or be
stalemated, that is, a
misère version. In some variations, a player may also win by
checkmating or by being checkmated. Losing chess is one of the most popular of all chess variants.