Queens (conquer style)

By Gerd P. Degens

For the game each player needs 7 queens, 4 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights and 1 king. The game is played without pawns. The conquer rule applies - see below.

King and knight move in the standard way, the moves for queen, rook and bishop are restricted.

The game is played on the usual 8 x 8 standard board. The FIDE rules apply - with the following exceptions.

Setup

Pieces

The usual set of pieces is used; the modified move options are described below.

Rules

Castling takes place unchanged - now between king and queen.
Bare king loses.
Stalemate is a win.

King and knight move in the standard way, for the moves of queen, rook and bishop the following applies:

Queen (halfqueen)
The halfqueen's range is 3 squares in each of her move directions.

Rook (quarterrook)
The range of the quarterrook is 2 squares in each of its move directions.

Bishop (quarterbishop)
The range of the quarterbishop is 2 squares in each of its move directions.

Conquer mechanism

A captured piece remains on the board; the position of this piece is the square from which the capturer came from (see the example below).

On the new position of the captured piece, assimilation into the opponent's army takes place in a logical second, as it is replaced by an identical piece of the opponent (see example).

If a situation appears where perpetual recapture becomes possible, the following applies: same moves as previous moves in the same position are excluded.

Example: White moves Nf4 Nd5

Before

After

Notes

Play it !

satellite=conquer files=8 ranks=8 maxPromote=0 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NBRQ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=none stalemate=win baring=0 knight:N:N:knight:b2,g2,,b7,g7 quaterbishop:B:B2:bishop:c2,f2,,c7,f7 quaterrook:R:R2:rook:a2,d2,e2,h2,,a7,d7,e7,h7 halfqueen:Q:Q3:queen:a1,b1,c1,d1,f1,g1,h1,,a8,b8,c8,e8,f8,g8,h8 king:K:KisO2:king:e1,,d8

(The interactive diagram is only partially compatible with the conquer rule. This means that the AI crashes after a number of moves due to perpetual recaptures. The game is playable on Game Courier without any problems.)

Queens (conquer style) on Game Courier

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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.

Web page created: 2024-02-01. Web page last updated: 2024-02-09