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2 | | Two new pieces: camel and wildebeest. Bigger board. |
| 3 | | Orthodox rules with a few adaptations. | |
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| cf130369 | 5 | p. |
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6 | Two new pieces appear on the board, which is extended to 10x11 squares: |
| 7 | a camel and a wildebeest, respectively written C and W. | |
| 8 | A camel moves as a knight but with a | |
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9 | longer jump: 3 squares in one direction, and 1 left or right after that. |
| 10 | The wildebeest combines the moving abilities of a camel and a knight. | |
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12 | p You can win by checkmating or stalemating the enemy king. |
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| cf130369 | 14 | figure.diagram-container |
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15 | .diagram |
| 16 | | fen:11/11/11/11/11/4C6/11/11/11/11 f2,h4,h6,f8,d8,b6,b4,d2: | |
| 17 | figcaption Squares reachable by the white camel on e5. | |
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| 19 | h3 Special moves | |
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22 | Castling is possible, and more flexible than in orthodox game: |
| 23 | the king can slide any number of (free) squares toward the rook, | |
| 24 | which will end next to him on the other side. | |
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25 | |
| 26 | p. | |
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27 | When a pawn reaches last rank, it can promote |
| 28 | into a queen or a wildebeest (only). | |
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| e081ffe3 | 30 | h3 Source |
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| 32 | p | |
| 7dc18cbe | 33 | | The |
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34 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/wildebeest.html") |
| 35 | | Wildebeest page | |
| aafe9f16 | 36 | | on chessvariants.com. |
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| 1943de6b | 38 | p Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger (1987) |