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2 | Two new pieces: camel and wildebeest. Bigger board.
3 | Orthodox rules with a few adaptations.
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5 p.
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
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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14 figure.diagram-container
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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21 p.
22 Castling is possible as in orthodox 8x8 game. The white king move to c1 or j1
23 (one square to the left of bottom-right corner) for large (resp. small) castle.
24 Same for black on the other side.
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26 p.
27 Promotion occurs when pawns reach last rank.
28 They can only transform into a queen or a wildebeest.
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30 p.
31 Note: the castling rule is more restrictive than described in the original rules.
32 The game seems OK like that, but this may change in the future.
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34 h3 Source
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36 p
37 | The
38 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/wildebeest.html") Wildebeest page
39 |  on chessvariants.com.
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41 p Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger (1992)