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2 | Two new pieces: camel and wildebeest. Bigger board. Orthodox rules with a few adaptations.
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4h3 Specifications
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7 li Chessboard: 11x10.
8 li Material: standard + camel + wildebeest.
9 li Non-capturing moves: standard (+ new pieces).
10 li Special moves: standard (see below).
11 li Captures: standard.
12 li End of game: checkmate or stalemate win.
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14h3 Basics
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16p.
17 Notation for camel is C and wildebeest is W. A camel moves as a knight but with a
18 longer jump: 3 squares in one direction, and 1 left or right after that.
19 The wildebeest combines the moving abilities of a camel and a knight.
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22 .diagram
23 | fen:11/11/11/11/11/4C6/11/11/11/11 w f2,h4,h6,f8,d8,b6,b4,d2:
24 figcaption Squares reachable by the white camel on e5.
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26h3 Special moves
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28p.
29 Castling is possible as in orthodox 8x8 game. The white king move to c1 or i1
30 (one square to the left of bottom-right corner) for large (resp. small) castle.
31 Same for black on the other side.
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33p.
34 Promotion occurs when pawns reach last rank.
35 They can only transform into a queen or a wildebeest.
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37h3 End of the game
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39p You can win by checkmating or stalemating the enemy king.
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41p.
42 Note: the castling rule is more restrictive than described in the original rules.
43 I have a feeling that the game is OK like that, but I may change this soon.
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45h3 Credits
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