Herd
February 2000, S. Sirotkin sent a chess variant, called Herd. He wrote:
This game is experience to collect together some jumping pieces. It is imperfectly. Later I want to find more interesting variant.
This two player game is played on a board of 7 by 7 squares.
Each player has 1 King, 2 Knights, 2 Camels, 2 Bisons, and 7 Pawns.
Opening setup:
White: King d1; Knight a1, g1; Camel b1, f1; Bison c1, e1; Pawn a2, b2, c2, d2, e2, f2, g2.
Black: King d7; Knight a7, g7; Camel b7, f7; Bison c7, e7; Pawn a6, b6, c6, d6, e6, f6, g6.
satellite=eric
files=7
ranks=7
promoZone=0
maxPromote=0
promoChoice=MVE
graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/utrechtPNG/
squareSize=33
graphicsType=png
whitePrefix=W
blackPrefix=B
theme=OS
borders=0
firstRank=1
symmetry=mirror
useMarkers=1
newClick=1
Pawn::::a2-g2
morph=MVE*EVM
Knight:N:::a1,g1
Camel::C::b1,f1
Bison::CZ::c1,e1
Rook-Knight:M:RN:Chancellor:
Rook-Camel:V:RC:BehemothRider:
Rook-Bison:E:RCZ:Eagle:
King::K::d1
This two player game is played on a board of 7 by 7 squares.
Each player has 1 King, 2 Knights, 2 Camels, 2 Bisons, and 7 Pawns.
Rules:
The game is conducted by the rules of orthodox chess with the following changes:
Knights make (like in orthodox chess) a (1,2)-jump.
Camels can make a (1,3)-jump.
Bisons can make a (1,3)-jump or a (2,3)-jump.
Promotion . When pawns reach last rank they promote to another piece, as follows:
on a square a or g - to rook-knight, on a square b or f - to rook-camel, on a square c or e - to rook-bison, on a square d - to rook-knight, rook-camel, or rook-bison, to the choice of the player owning the piece.
Written by Sergey Sirotkin.
WWW page created: February 25, 2000.