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Transformer

By Gerd P. Degens

 

Transformer (pawns) reinforce the game by transforming themselves into powerful pieces according to the player's ideas.

Setup

Pieces

Standard set of figures. Details in the rule section.

Rules

Except for the following changes, the Fide rules apply.

Transformer (pawn) promotion is fundamental to the game. There is no capturing en passant and no castling.

Bare king loses.

Stalemate is a win.

Pawn (nasty neighbours)

The pawn can always move one square forwards and capture. If there is an opponent's piece on the second square forwards, it can be captured if there is no piece in between.


 

Knight (double knight)

The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal. With the double knight, the move options are doubled. This means that the knight can leap directly to a space two knight leaps away.


 

Bishop (double step bishop)

The bishop may move to any second square along a diagonal on which it stands. The bishop cannot jump over pieces.


 

Rook (double step rook)

The rook may move to any second square along the file or the rank on which it stands. The rook cannot jump over pieces.


 

Queen (double step queen)

The queen may move to any second square along the file, the rank or a diagonal on which it stands. The queen cannot jump over pieces.


 

King

Castling: This is a move of the king and either rook of the same colour along the player’s first rank, counting as a single move of the king and executed as follows: the king is transferred from its original square three squares towards the rook on its original square, then that rook is transferred to the square just next to the king.

Notes

 

Play it !
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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.


Web page created: 2024-02-18. Web page last updated: 2024-02-24

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