Renezans Chess
A proprietary game by Bi-Triad, this appears in the Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, section 18.4. The name is stylized as Ren'E-Zans', and is derived from Webster's phonetic spelling of Renaissance.
Setup
Pieces
The gnu (in this variant called a "vicar") is a knight-camel compound.Rules
Any piece occupying the central square (e5) can move as any piece.Notes
A lone king on e5 checkmates a bare king on e7!
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Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Bi-Triad.
Last revised by Ben Reiniger.
Web page created: 2021-06-28. Web page last updated: 2021-09-30