Bear Chess
Bear Chess was invented by Mikhail Sosnovsky in 1985. It was quite popular in the former USSR. It appears in Chapter 15 of the Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants.Setup
The board is 10x10, with bears flanking the king and queen and otherwise usual setup:
(bears are represented by squirrels here)
Pieces
The bear leaps to any square in the second perimeter; in other words, it moves as a dabbabah, knight, or alfil. The piece is more commonly known as a squirrel.Rules
Pawns may move up to three squares in their first move, en passant possible for two or three. Castling takes the king to the c or h file.
Pritchard mentions that subvariants exist with different setup and/or pawn moves, but does not elaborate.
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Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Mikhail Sosnovsky.
Last revised by H. G. Muller.
Web page created: 2018-12-31. Web page last updated: 2022-11-26