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Spider Rider Chess

 
By Gerd P. Degens

 

The game is played on a 13 x 13 board; 12 squares in each corner area can't be played on, so that a total of 121 squares are available.

Each player has 21 pieces in the inner board area and 2 x 3 spiders in the outer corners - a total of 27 pieces.

The spider base in the corners can only be reached by spiders and the ZebraCamelRider pieces (ZeCaRi).

Setup

files=13 ranks=13 promoZone=1 promoChoice= graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png stalemate=win baring=0 royal=K lightShade=#ffffcf oddShade=#70b09f darkShade=#70b09f coordColor=#70b09f holeColor=#E0E0E0 hole::::c1,d1,e1,i1,j1,k1,b2,c2,d2,j2,k2,l2,a3,b3,c3,k3,l3,m3,a4,b4,l4,m4,a5,m5,a9,m9,a10,b10,l10,m10,a11,b pawn:P:fnWfnDfmF:pawn:f2,h2,e3,f3,h3,i3,d4,j4,c5,k5,,c9,k9,d10,j10,e11,f11,h11,i11,f12,h12 nightrider:N:NN:nightrider:d3,j3,,d11,j11 amazonrider:A:QNN:amazonrider:f1,h1,,f13,h13 cardinalrider:M:BNN:cardinalrider:e2,i2,,e12,i12 chancellorrider:C:RNN:chancellorrider:c4,k4,,c10,k10 spider:S:RNNA7:spider:a1,b1,l1,m1,a2,m2,,a12,m12,a13,b13,l13,m13 zecari:Z:ZZCC:zebrawazir:b5,l5,,b9,l9 king:K:K:king:g1,,g13

Pieces

Standard plus Spiders and Riders (see below).

Rules

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

 

pawn steps one square straight ahead, or diagonally forward to an empty square, or slides to the 2nd square straight ahead
king steps one square in all 8 directions
nightrider repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
amazonrider slides in all 8 directions, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
cardinalrider slides diagonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
chancellorrider slides orthogonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
spider slides orthogonally, repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction, or jumps to the 2nd square up to 7 times in the same direction diagonally
zecari repeatedly makes a (3,2) leap in the same direction, or repeatedly makes a (3,1) leap in the same direction

Notes

 


Spider Rider Chess on Game Courier

 

 

 

 

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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.


Web page created: 2024-10-24. Web page last updated: 2024-10-24