Teramachy
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https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Teramachy&settings=Default-Alternate Apart from the differences mentioned below, Jean-Louis Cazaux's game of Teramachy is played like Chess: Pieces The Knight, Bishop, Rook, and Queen move as they do in Chess. The Pawn moves the same as in Chess, except it may make its double move from any space, it may capture a Prince (described below) that has made a double move by en passant, and when it reaches the last rank, it may promote to an Amazon, a Lion, an Eagle, a Rhinoceros or a Buffalo. The King moves as in Chess, except that there is no castling, and the King gets another special move instead. On its first move, the King may leap to any empty space in its second perimeter. These are the spaces two spaces away, including any space a Knight could reach. It may move over other pieces, but it may not use this move to escape check, and there must be an intervening space that is free from check. In the case of a Knight leap, there are two alternate intervening spaces, and the move is illegal only if the King would be in check on both of them. The Marshal (or Chancellor) combines the move of Rook and Knight. It can be found in many, many chess variants since Carrera, Bird, Capablanca and many others like Grand Chess or Seirawan Chess. The Cardinal combines the move of Bishop and Knight. It can be found in many, many chess variants since Carrera, Bird, Capablanca, Modern and many others like Grand Chess or Seirawan Chess. The Amazon may move each turn like Queen or like Knight. The Admiral , also known as Dragon King in Shogi and Sailor in Sac Chess. It may move each turn like Rook or like Ferz. The Missionary , also known as Dragon Horse in Shogi. It may move each turn like Bishop or like Wazir. The Centaur , also named Judge. It may move each turn like Knight or like a Guard = Man = Non-royal King. The Cannon moves as it does in Xiang Qi. It moves as a Rook except that it must hop over an intervening piece to make a capture. It captures the pieces whose space it moves to, not the piece it hops over. The Crocodile is the diagonal counterpart of the Cannon. It moves as a Bishop except that it must hop over an intervening piece to make a capture. It captures the pieces whose space it moves to, not the piece it hops over. It is also as Vao by problemists. The Camel, a traditional piece from historic variants, is a (3,1) leaper. Since this space is always the same color, it is a color-bound piece. The Giraffe, is found in Alfonso X's Grant Acedrex (but its move has been rendered differently by 20th century historians). It is a (3,2) leaper also known under the name of Zebra. The Buffalo combines the leaps of the Knight (2,1), the Camel (3,1) and the Giraffe (3,2). The Elephant can leap one or two spaces diagonally (Fers+Alfil) The War Machine can leap one or two spaces orthogonally (Wazir+Dabbaba) The Eagle moves as the fairy piece commonly known as the Griffon. It is a bent rider. It may move one space diagonally, or it may start in that direction, then continue its move in an ortogonally outward direction, moving from there as a Rook. The Rhinoceros (or Unicorn) is a bent rider. It may move one space orthogonally, or it may start in that direction, then continue its move in an diagonally outward direction, moving from there as a Bishop. The Lion may leap to any space one or two spaces away, including those that a Knight may leap to. Finally, the Prince is a promotable Pawn-like piece with greater powers of movement. It may move two spaces forward to an empty space, just as a Pawn may on its first move, but this power is not limited to its first move. Like the Pawn, it may be captured by en passant when it makes a double move, but it may not itself capture by en passant. It otherwise moves like a King. On reaching the last rank, it may promote to an Amazon, a Lion, an Eagle, a Rhinoceros or a Buffalo.
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By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Last revised by Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Web page created: 2021-01-18. Web page last updated: 2021-01-18