String Chess

String Chess is a one-dimensional chess variant, invented by Aron Wall. He writes:

Regarding One-dimensional Chess, I have an independently worked out version (called string chess) that is larger and more complex:

Pieces start as follows:

         DFFQMGGSBBSS.....ssbbsggmqttd
        Seelie                  Unseelie

Interactive diagram: pieces movable, right-click resets!    29   28   27   26   25   24   23   22   21   20   19   18   17   16   15   14   13   12   11   10   9   8   7   6   5   4   3   2   1  a b c d e f g h i j      Click here to open/close a piece overview. Play it! The AI will now respond to your moves! (  +  2.5 ply  -  ) Info for selected board piece mc Move or capture mc Move or capture (unblockable jump) m Move only im Move only (unmoved piece only) c Capture only m,c Forbidden move, but delivers check p,g Hop target (hover/touch for actual move)  Click on piece to toggle its moved status Click on piece name to see its move diagram. (print version) ID white nr black nr name move S - - snail vW B - - bee vD S - - spider vWvD G - - grasshopper gQ M - - mouse vR F - - frog vDD D - - dragonfly vRvDD Q - - queen vWvD

Click below to display piece moves: Snail (a11,a12; a19,a18) Bee (a10,a9; a20,a21) Spider (a8; a22) Grasshopper (a7,a6; a23,a24) Mouse (a5; a25) Frog (a3,a2; a27,a28) Dragonfly (a1; a29) Queen (a4; a26)

Movement

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..S.. 

-----M----- 

.^.^.^F^.^.^.^.

..Q..

Rules

• Seelie goes first.
• Ko rule in effect(no position repeating).
• Stalemate=loss for stalemated player.
• Taking own pieces OK, but one does not check own Queen.

Let me know if you find any bugs in it.