Check out Makruk (Thai Chess), our featured variant for March, 2025.

This page is written by the game's inventor, HaruN Y. This game is a favorite of its inventor.

Paramount Parafigures

This army for Chess with Different Armies consist of pieces having different powers of movement for non-royal capturing moves, delivering checks, & non-capturing moves/travels.

Setup

The pieces other than King, Queen, & Pawns are replaced with other pieces. In place of the Rooks there are B/N/R Parafigures. In place of the Knights, there are 2 N/R/B Parafigures, & in place of the Bishops are the R/B/N Parafigures.
White:
Black:

Interactive diagram: pieces movable, right-click resets!

 
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Click here to open/close a piece overview. Play it!

Choose the armies through the buttons. (Clobberers vs Clobberers will work!)

  • Click below to display piece moves:
  • Pawn (a2-h2; a7-h7)
  • N/r/b parafigure (b1,g1; b8,g8)
  • R/b/n parafigure (c1,f1; c8,f8)
  • B/n/r parafigure (a1,h1; a8,h8)
  • Queen (d1; 8)
  • King (e1; e8)

Pieces

B/N/R Parafigure

Travels like a Bishop, captures non-royal pieces like a Knight, delivers check like a Rook.

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N/R/B Parafigure

Travels like a Knight, captures non-royal pieces like a Rook, delivers check like a Bishop.

XBetza: mNkcRkB

R/B/N Parafigure

Travels like a Rook, captures non-royal pieces like a Bishop, delivers check like a Knight.

XBetza: mRkcBkN

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By HaruN Y.

Last revised by HaruN Y.


Web page created: 2024-01-22. Web page last updated: 2024-01-30