Haynie's Great Chess
The Game
A chess variant designed by Billy Haynie.The Board
10 by 10.The Rules
Same as chess.The Object
Same as chess.The Chess Men
- The pieces: kings, queens, rooks, bishops and knights. cardinals, marshals amazons, nightriders commoners, firzans, wazirs, camels, and zebras.
- The pawns: 10 white and 10 black.
Considerations
- Pawn promotion: yes, to a piece, not a king.
- Castling: no.
- En Passents: yes, like chess.
The First Position
The pieces occupy first and second ranks likewise the pawns on the third ranks. Bishops, camels and firzans: dark and light square. Each resulting first and second rank permutation is optional.Movement
Nightrider: moves with multiple knight leaps always in the same line as the first leap untill it is stopped by a chess man or the edge of the board.:(2x,x)rider
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Firzan: (1,1) leaper:
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Commoner: wazir + firzan
Cardinal or archbishop: bishop + knight
Marshall or chancellor: rook + knight
Amazon: queen + knight
Written by Billy Haynie. HTML conversion by David Howe.
WWW Page Created: Thu Nov 11, 1999. Last Modified: Thu Nov 11, 1999.