Clarify long leaper movement in Ultima rules
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2 | Two new pieces: marshall and cardinal. Bigger board.
3 | Orthodox rules with a few adaptations.
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5h3 Specifications
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8 li Chessboard: 10x10.
9 li Material: standard + marshall + cardinal.
10 li Non-capturing moves: standard (+ new pieces).
11 li Special moves: standard (see below).
12 li Captures: standard.
13 li End of game: standard.
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15h3 Basics
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17p.
18 Notation for marshall is M and cardinal is C. A marshall has the moving abilities of
19 a knight + a rook, while the cardinal equals a knight + a bishop.
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22 .diagram
23 | fen:10/10/10/10/10/2R2Q4/10/4c5/10/10:
24 figcaption The black cardinal can take on c5 and f5.
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26h3 Special moves
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28p.
29 Castling is possible as in orthodox 8x8 game. The white king move to c1 or i1
30 (one square to the left of bottom-right corner) for large (resp. small) castle.
31 Same for black on the other side.
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33p.
34 Promotion is mandatory for a pawn reaching the last rank. However, they can only
35 promote into a friendly piece captured (which is back on the board). If none is
36 available, the promotion on last rank is impossible and the pawn cannot move.
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38p Pawn promotion is possible (but not forced) on the two ranks before last.
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40h3 End of the game
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42p As in the orthodox game, win by checkmating the king.
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44p.
45 Note: I changed the author's starting position, to facilitate random start.
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46 Thus the castling rule was introduced compared to the rules described
47 on chessvariants.com.
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49h3 Credits
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