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-Initial setup--There is no fixed setup; -the back-rank pieces are randomly shuffled with certain restrictions. -Black's setup is the mirror image of white's, though. -Both sides have: -
-1 King
- -The Bishops must start on different colors. -The King must start between the Rooks. -It has been suggested the Bishops should also not start next to each other. - - |
Click on a piece below to see its moves
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+ Initial setup- |
+ There is no fixed setup; the back-rank pieces are + randomly shuffled with certain restrictions. Black's setup + is the mirror image of white's, though. Both sides + have: - |
+ 1 King |
+ The Bishops must start on different colors. The King + must start between the Rooks. It has been suggested the + Bishops should also not start next to each other. + |
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Click on a piece below to see its moves
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+ Sliding capture or non-capture, |
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- | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - - | -Unblockable leap (capture or non-capture) - | |
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- | + | - | + | - | + | - | - - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - - | -Non-capture only - | ||
+ | - | + | - | + | - | + | Unblockable leap (capture or non-capture) | ++ | |||||||||||
- | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - - | -Capture only - | |||||||
+ | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - - | + | Non-capture only | ++ | ||||||
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-Piece - | -ID - | -value - | -Moves (Betza notation) - | -Remarks - |
-King - | -K - | -- - | -K - | -Can castle with Rook, moving 3 steps towards it - |
-Queen - | -Q - | -9.5 - | -RB or Q - | - - |
-Chancellor - | -C - | -9 - | -RN - | - - |
-ArchBishop - | -A - | -8.75 - | -BN - | - - |
-Rook - | -R - | -5 - | -R - | - - |
-Bishop - | -B - | -3.5 - | -B - | -Color-bound - |
-Knight - | -N - | -3 - | -N - | - - |
-Pawn - | -P - | -1 - | -mfWcfF - | -Promotes to Q, R, B, or N on reaching last rank - |
-A King that has not moved before can move to the c1/c8 or i1/i8 in the direction of a Rook that has not moved before, -in which case that Rook is moved to the square on the other side next to the King. -This is only allowed if all squares traveled through by King and Rook are empty (after their removal), -when the King is not in check on the square it came from, -and would not be in check on any of the squares it skipped over. -
--You can use the New Shuffle dialog to control the randomization of the initial position. -
--The Chancellor and Archbishop pieces are extra, and the board is expanded to accomodate them. -Castling is generalized to allow it with non-standard placement of King and Rooks. -
--It is not possible to force checkmate on a bare King with just a single Bishop or Knight (in addition to your own King). -Two Knights cannot do that either. -The Archbishop can force checkmate against a bare King. -
--Bishops are confined to squares of a single color. -Having Bishops on both colors compensates this weakness, and is worth an extra 0.5 on top of their added value. -
--As Chancellor and Queen are nearly equal in value to Queen, under-promotion is very common, -and there is virtually never any need to promote to R, B or N. -
--The super-pieces (Q, C, A) devaluate by the presence of lower-valued opponent pieces. -As a result trading Q for R + B is in general a good trade when you still have both J, -as the latter gain in value by eliminating the opponent's R and B, -which is more compensation than the intrinsic value differene between Q and R + B. -
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Piece | + +ID | + +value | + +Moves (Betza notation) | + +Remarks | +
King | + +K | + +- | + +K | + +Can castle with Rook, moving 3 steps towards it | +
Queen | + +Q | + +9.5 | + +RB or Q | + ++ |
Chancellor | + +C | + +9 | + +RN | + ++ |
ArchBishop | + +A | + +8.75 | + +BN | + ++ |
Rook | + +R | + +5 | + +R | + ++ |
Bishop | + +B | + +3.5 | + +B | + +Color-bound | +
Knight | + +N | + +3 | + +N | + ++ |
Pawn | + +P | + +1 | + +mfWcfF | + +Promotes to Q, R, B, or N on reaching last rank | +
A King that has not moved before can move to the c1/c8 or + i1/i8 in the direction of a Rook that has not moved before, in + which case that Rook is moved to the square on the other side + next to the King. This is only allowed if all squares traveled + through by King and Rook are empty (after their removal), when + the King is not in check on the square it came from, and would + not be in check on any of the squares it skipped over.
+ +You can use the New Shuffle dialog to control the + randomization of the initial position.
+ +The Chancellor and Archbishop pieces are extra, and the board + is expanded to accomodate them. Castling is generalized to allow + it with non-standard placement of King and Rooks.
+ +It is not possible to force checkmate on a bare King with just + a single Bishop or Knight (in addition to your own King). Two + Knights cannot do that either. The Archbishop can force checkmate + against a bare King.
+ +Bishops are confined to squares of a single color. Having + Bishops on both colors compensates this weakness, and is worth an + extra 0.5 on top of their added value.
+ +As Chancellor and Queen are nearly equal in value to Queen, + under-promotion is very common, and there is virtually never any + need to promote to R, B or N.
+ +The super-pieces (Q, C, A) devaluate by the presence of + lower-valued opponent pieces. As a result trading Q for R + B is + in general a good trade when you still have both J, as the latter + gain in value by eliminating the opponent's R and B, which is + more compensation than the intrinsic value differene between Q + and R + B.
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