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- | Two new pieces: marshall and cardinal. Bigger board.
- | Orthodox rules with a few adaptations.
-
-h3 Specifications
-
-ul
- li Chessboard: 10x10.
- li Material: standard + marshall + cardinal.
- li Non-capturing moves: standard (+ new pieces).
- li Special moves: standard (see below).
- li Captures: standard.
- li End of game: standard.
-
-h3 Basics
+ | Two new pieces: marshall and cardinal. Bigger board.
+ | Orthodox rules with a few adaptations.
p.
- Notation for marshall is M and cardinal is C. A marshall has the moving abilities of
- a knight + a rook, while the cardinal equals a knight + a bishop.
+ Grand chess is played on a 10x10 board.
+ Two new pieces appear: the marshall and the cardinal, written respectively
+ M and C. A marshall has the moving abilities of a knight + a rook, while the
+ cardinal equals a knight + a bishop.
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- .diagram
- | fen:10/10/10/10/10/2R2Q4/10/4c5/10/10:
- figcaption The black cardinal can take on c5 and f5.
+ .diagram
+ | fen:10/10/10/10/10/2R2Q4/10/4c5/10/10:
+ figcaption The black cardinal can take on c5 and f5.
h3 Special moves
p.
- Castling is possible as in orthodox 8x8 game. The white king move to c1 or i1
- (one square to the left of bottom-right corner) for large (resp. small) castle.
- Same for black on the other side.
+ Castling is possible as in orthodox 8x8 game. The white king move to c1 or
+ i1 (one square to the left of bottom-right corner) for large (resp. small)
+ castle. Same for black on the other side.
p.
- Promotion is mandatory for a pawn reaching the last rank. However, they can only
- promote into a friendly piece captured (which is back on the board). If none is
- available, the promotion on last rank is impossible and the pawn cannot move
- (but still gives check).
+ Promotion is mandatory for a pawn reaching the last rank. However, they can
+ only promote into a friendly piece captured (which is back on the board).
+ If none is available, the promotion on last rank is impossible and the pawn
+ cannot move (but still gives check).
p.
- Pawn promotion is possible (but not forced) on the two ranks before last,
- only in an already captured (friendly) piece.
-
-h3 End of the game
-
-p As in the orthodox game, win by checkmating the king.
+ Pawn promotion is possible (but not forced) on the two ranks before last,
+ only in an already captured (friendly) piece.
p.
- Note: I changed the author's starting position, to increase randomness
- (and uniformize with other variants).
- Thus the castling rule was introduced compared to the rules described
- on chessvariants.com.
+ Note: I changed the author's starting position, to increase randomness
+ (and uniformize with other variants).
+ Thus the castling rule was introduced compared to the rules described
+ on chessvariants.com.
h3 Source
p
- | Grand chess page on
- a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/freeling.html") chessvariants.com
- | .
+ | Grand chess page on
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/freeling.html")
+ | chessvariants.com
+ | .
+
+p Inventor: Christian Freeling (1984)