Goalie Chess

 I'm not sure I was the inventor of the following game, but if I wasn't, I have forgotten where I read about it.

Goalie Chess

1. One player starts with 8 white pawns, the other with a black rook. The pawns are on their normal squares (a2,b2 etc), with the rook on e8.
2. Players take turns, with white moving first. Pawns and the rook move according to the Laws of Chess
3. White tries to get as many pawns to the other side of the board. Black tries to capture as many pawns as possible, without letting the rook get captured.
4. Each pawn that makes it to the other end of the board counts as a goal (even if the rook could capture it on the last rank)
5. Pawns are removed when they reach the other side of the board
6. If the rook gets captured, all the remaining pawns count as goals.
7. The game is played across two 'legs', with the players swapping sides
8. Highest number of goals wins

I have used this as a training exercise with new players, as it allows them to concentrate on just one type of piece each. They seem to enjoy it, and can even be amended to make the goalie a bishop (hard), knight (harder) or queen (easy).