| 1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | A new piece appears: the grasshopper (G), jumping over a piece and landing right after. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | p. |
| 5 | Each player begins with eight grasshoppers between the first rank and the |
| 6 | pawns on the third rank. The grasshopper moves potentially in all |
| 7 | directions, but needs the help of a piece for its movement : |
| 8 | it jumps over the first encountered piece (of any color), |
| 9 | and land on the very next square. |
| 10 | This square must be either empty or occupied by an enemy piece (which is eaten). |
| 11 | |
| 12 | figure.diagram-container |
| 13 | .diagram |
| 14 | | fen:8/5g2/ppppp3/8/2G2k2/1PPP4/4R3/8 a2,c2,c7,f7,g4: |
| 15 | figcaption Possible grasshopper moves from c4. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | p. |
| 18 | Note: grasshopper moves are not symmetric. |
| 19 | On the diagram the black grasshopper cannot capture on c4. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | h3 Source |
| 22 | |
| 23 | p |
| 24 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/dpieces.dir/grashopper.html") Grasshopper Chess |
| 25 | | on chessvariants.com. |
| 26 | | This variant is also playable |
| 27 | a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=grasshopper") on greenchess.net |
| 28 | | (with a deterministic initial position). |