Attempt to clarify installation instructions a little
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2 | Two new pieces: marshall and cardinal. Bigger board.
3 | Orthodox rules with a few adaptations.
4
5p.
6 Grand chess is played on a 10x10 board.
7 Two new pieces appear: the marshall and the cardinal, written respectively
8 M and C. A marshall has the moving abilities of a knight + a rook, while the
9 cardinal equals a knight + a bishop.
10
11figure.diagram-container
12 .diagram
13 | fen:10/10/10/10/10/2R2Q4/10/4c5/10/10:
14 figcaption The black cardinal can take on c5 and f5.
15
16h3 Special moves
17
18p Castling is not permitted.
19
20p.
21 Promotion is mandatory for a pawn reaching the last rank. However, they can
22 only promote into a friendly piece captured (which is back on the board).
23 If none is available, the promotion on last rank is impossible and the pawn
24 cannot move (but still gives check).
25
26p.
27 Pawn promotion is possible (but not forced) on the two ranks before last,
28 only in an already captured (friendly) piece.
29
30h3 Source
31
32p
33 | Grand chess page on
34 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/freeling.html")
35 | chessvariants.com
36 | .
37
38p Inventor: Christian Freeling (1984)