Beau Monde Chess
Introduction
In this chess variant I would like to collect various updatings of movement of the queen's piece. It is not tested, and there can be only silly idea. I offer it for competition on designing variant with 100 squares.
Object
Checkmate of opponent's king.
Initial Array
White: King - f1; Countess - b1; Princess - c1; Marquis - d1; Empress - e1; Queen -g1; Baroness - h1; Beauty - i1; Duchess - j1, Berolina Pawn - b2, d2, f2, h2, j2; Pawn - c2, e2, g2, i2.
Black: King - f10; Countess - b10; Princess - c10; Marquis - d10; Empress - e10; Queen -g10; Baroness - h10; Beauty - i10; Duchess - j10, Berolina Pawn - b9, d9, f9, h9, j9; Pawn - c9, e9, g9, i9.
Rules:
The game is conducted by rules of orthodox chess with the following changes:
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Empress moves as Queen or knight (I.e.as Amazon). |
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Queen moves as the usual queen. |
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Princess moves as the queen, but captures differently. When capture, it jumps on an obstacle (friendly or hostile piece), then takes the first piece worth behind an obstacle. |
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Duchess moves as the queen, but at diagonal movement should once be reflected from boards or piece worth on a way. |
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In one turn Countess moves as bishop and can shoot on a rook's line, or moves as rook and can shoot on a bishop's line. The shot is a capture of a piece without movement on its field. |
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Marquis moves on a vertical forward as rook, but it moves back as bishop. |
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Baroness moves forward as bishop, but it moves on a vertical back as rook. |
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In one turn Beauty moves or as bishop and makes movement on one field as rook, or moves as rook and makes movement on one field as the bishop. |
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Berolina Pawn moves diagonally one square forward, captures one square straight forward. |
- The king and pawn move as in a orthodox chess.
- Pawns can promotion to Beauty, Baroness, Countess, Duchess, Princess, Queen, Empress.
- Not castling is allowed.
Written by . Web page posted by David Howe.
WWW page created: 30 Aug 2000. Last modified on: 30 Aug 2000.