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Snappy Chess

 
By Gerd P. Degens

 

The game requires a 9 x 9 board. The pieces change on ranks 3, 5 and 7 according to the default.

Setup

Pieces

Standard set of pieces - plus additional pieces. Details in the rule section.

Rules

Except for the following changes, the Fide rules apply.

There is no capturing en passant, castling and promotion of pawns takes place.
Bare king loses.
Stalemate is a win.

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Morphing diagram

Pieces that reach ranks 3, 5 or 7 are morphed according to the table above.

 

Pieces

The Pawn (Snappy Chess) moves as follows:

The pawn can move two squares forwards and capture opposing pieces. It does not move over pieces.
 

The dragon horse moves as follows:

The dragon horse is a hybrid figure consisting of a bishop and wasir move options.

The dragon horse can change color diagonals using the dragon horse's wasir move option!

 

The dragon king moves as follows:

The dragon king is a hybrid figure consisting of a rook and wasir move options.


 

Notes

 

Play it !
files=9 ranks=9 promoZone=1 promoChoice=RQACZNHDIJ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png stalemate=win baring=0 pawn:P:fWfnD:pawn:a1,b1,c1,d1,f1,g1,h1,i1,a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,i2,,a8,b8,c8,d8,e8,f8,g8,h8,i8,a9,b9,c9,d9,f9,g9,h9 morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// rook:R:R:rook: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// queen:Q:Q:queen: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// archbishop:A:BN:cardinal: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// chancellor:C:RN:chancellor: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// amazon:Z:QN:amazon: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// nightrider:N:NN:nightrider: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// dragon horse:H:BW:promotedbishop: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// dragon king:D:RF:promotedrook: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// cardinalrider:I:BNN:cardinalrider: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// chancellorrider:J:RNN:chancellorrider: morph=//RHNDQDNHR//CAJIZIJAC//RHNDQDNHR// king:K:KisO3:king:e1,,e9

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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.


Web page created: 2024-03-29. Web page last updated: 2024-03-29

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