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- | Two new pieces: camel and wildebeest. Bigger board.
- | Orthodox rules with a few adaptations.
-
-h3 Specifications
-
-ul
- li Chessboard: 11x10.
- li Material: standard + camel + wildebeest.
- li Non-capturing moves: standard (+ new pieces).
- li Special moves: standard (see below).
- li Captures: standard.
- li End of game: checkmate or stalemate win.
-
-h3 Basics
+ | Two new pieces: camel and wildebeest. Bigger board.
+ | Orthodox rules with a few adaptations.
p.
- Notation for camel is C and wildebeest is W. A camel moves as a knight but with a
- longer jump: 3 squares in one direction, and 1 left or right after that.
- The wildebeest combines the moving abilities of a camel and a knight.
+ Two new pieces appear on the board, which is extended to 10x11 squares:
+ a camel and a wildebeest, respectively written C and W.
+ A camel moves as a knight but with a
+ longer jump: 3 squares in one direction, and 1 left or right after that.
+ The wildebeest combines the moving abilities of a camel and a knight.
+
+p You can win by checkmating or stalemating the enemy king.
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- .diagram
- | fen:11/11/11/11/11/4C6/11/11/11/11 f2,h4,h6,f8,d8,b6,b4,d2:
- figcaption Squares reachable by the white camel on e5.
+ .diagram
+ | fen:11/11/11/11/11/4C6/11/11/11/11 f2,h4,h6,f8,d8,b6,b4,d2:
+ figcaption Squares reachable by the white camel on e5.
h3 Special moves
p.
- Castling is possible as in orthodox 8x8 game. The white king move to c1 or j1
- (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 j1
+ (one square to the left of bottom-right corner) for large (resp. small)
+ castle. Same for black on the other side.
p.
- Promotion occurs when pawns reach last rank.
- They can only transform into a queen or a wildebeest.
-
-h3 End of the game
-
-p You can win by checkmating or stalemating the enemy king.
+ Promotion occurs when pawns reach last rank.
+ They can only transform into a queen or a wildebeest.
p.
- Note: the castling rule is more restrictive than described in the original rules.
- The game seems OK like that, but this may change soon enough.
+ Note: the castling rule is more restrictive than described in the original
+ rules. The game seems OK like that, but this may change in the future.
h3 Source
p
- | The
- a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/wildebeest.html") Wildebeest page
- | nbsp;on chessvariants.com.
+ | The
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/wildebeest.html")
+ | Wildebeest page
+ | on chessvariants.com.
+
+p Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger (1992)