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Little Rider Reef

 
By Gerd P. Degens

 

The game requires an 11 x 11 board. There are only 'riders' (night-, cardinal-, chancellor-, amazon-, zebracamelrider) in the game - besides pawns and king, of course. There is a barrier on rank 6 that must be overcome.

Setup

files=11 ranks=11 promoZone=0 promoChoice=AMCDZ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png stalemate=win baring=0 useMarkers=1 royal=K hole::::a6,b6,c6,d6,e6,f6,g6,h6,i6,j6,k6 pawn:P:fWfDfmF:pawn:a1,b1,c1,d1,e1,f1,g1,h1,i1,j1,k1,,a11,b11,c11,d11,e11,f11,g11,h11,i11,j11,k11 nightrider:A:NN:nightrider:b2,j2,,b10,j10 amazonrider:M:QNN:amazonrider:e2,g2,,e10,g10 cardinalrider:C:BNN:cardinalrider:c2,i2,,c10,i10 chancellorrider:D:RNN:chancellorrider:a2,k2,,a10,k10 zecari:Z:ZZCC:zebrawazir:d2,h2,,d10,h10 king:K:KisO4:king:f2,,f10

Pieces

Night-, cardinal-, chancellor-, amazon- and zebracamelrider as well as king and pawns. For details see the rules section.

Rules

Except for the following changes, the Fide rules apply.
There is no capturing en passant. Castling and promotion of pawns are part of the game.
Bare king loses. Stalemate is a win.
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pawnsteps one square straight ahead, or diagonally forward to an empty square, or jumps to the 2nd square straight ahead
nightriderrepeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
amazonriderslides in all 8 directions, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
cardinalriderslides diagonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
chancellorriderslides orthogonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
zecarirepeatedly makes a (3,2) leap in the same direction, or repeatedly makes a (3,1) leap in the same direction
kingsteps one square in all 8 directions, or castles by stepping 4 squares towards the chancellorrider

Notes


Little Rider Reef on Game Courier

 


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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.


Web page created: 2024-07-17. Web page last updated: 2024-07-17