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TCB

 
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By Gerd P. Degens

 

The game requires a 9 x 9 board. The white border squares are not available. A total of 65 squares are playable.

Setup

Pieces

Standard set of pieces with standard move options - see below for exceptions. Details in the rule section.

Rules

There is no capturing en passant and no castling. Promotion of pawns takes place.
Bare king loses.
Stalemate is a win.
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Pieces (move options)
 

Pawn (TCB)

The pawn moves one or two squares forward and captures opposing pieces. Diagonally, the pawn can move one square forward without capturing. It does not jump over pieces.

A pawn on the opponent's baseline can be promoted as follows (white POV): NBRQ

 

Rook (TCB)

The rook may move to any second square along the file or the rank on which it stands. In addition, the rook can occupy the immediately neighbouring squares of the same file or rank. Pieces on target squares of the rook cannot be jumped over. This is possible for pieces on squares in between.

 

Dragon Horse

The dragon horse is a hybrid figure consisting of bishop and wasir move options.

The dragon horse can change color diagonals using the dragon horse's wasir move option!

 

Notes

Play it !
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By Gerd P. Degens.

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Web page created: 2024-04-05. Web page last updated: 2024-04-05