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-This is a shuffle variant of normal Chess, which in general destroys the possibility to castle, -as the King and Rooks are also shuffled. -For uniformity, castling is therefore always forbidden. -
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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 will start on opposite colors. - - |
Click on a piece below to see its moves
+This is a shuffle variant of normal Chess, which in general + destroys the possibility to castle, as the King and Rooks are + also shuffled. For uniformity, castling is therefore always + forbidden.
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+ Moves at a Glance- |
+ Click on a piece below to see its moves - |
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Pawn peculiarities-
General rules-
Differences with FIDE--The Back-rank pieces are randomly shuffled on the back rank in the opening setup. -There is no castling. - -Strategy issues--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. - --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. - -- -- -- -- -- + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Piece | + +ID | + +value | + +Moves (Betza notation) | + +Remarks | +
King | + +K | + +- | + +K | + +Can castle with Rook, moving 2 steps towards it | +
Queen | + +Q | + +9.5 | + +RB or Q | + ++ |
Rook | + +R | + +5 | + +R | + ++ |
Bishop | + +B | + +3.25 | + +B | + +Color-bound | +
Knight | + +N | + +3.25 | + +N | + ++ |
Pawn | + +P | + +1 | + +mfWcfF | + +Promotes to Q, R, B, or N on reaching last rank | +
The Back-rank pieces are randomly shuffled on the back rank in + the opening setup. There is no castling.
+ +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.
+ +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.
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