Hans 40 Gift Chess

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For example 4 at the square c2 may jump to b3,b4,b5,d3,e3,e4,e5; but not e2 and e1 because they are already occupied by white pieces. Since moving paths are not standard, there is nothing called the intervening square, pieces can go to their defined squares provided that that squares are empty.

0 (zero) is the king here. When it is checkmated (checkmate=as in orthodox chess) the game ends. The stalemate rule is just as in orthodox chess.

Black pieces move just the reverse of the ascii table because they see the board downwards. For example black 4 can move b4,b5,b6,c6,d4,d5,d6 in the starting position.

All the other rules can be transferred from the orthodox chess.

In abc chess, in a 8x8 board, letters A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H form the first row, and eight I's form the second row, E being the king. All letters move as their digital forms.

In 123 chess, in a 8x8 board, numbers 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 are in the first row and eight 1's in the second row, 6 being the king. All numbers move as their digital forms.

(c) Köksal Karakus 199