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Detective's Rhombic Chess

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Detective's Rhombic Chess is a chess variant played on a board of 67 rhombi arranged in the following pattern:

Each rank extends from left to right, and each file extends from bottom‐left to top‐right. Note that some files only have spaces on odd‐numbered files.

Piece Movement

Due to the different geometry of the board, piece movement has to be changed in this variant.

Rook

The rook can move any number of spaces connected by edges.

Bishop

The bishop



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By Em Nil.

Last revised by Em Nil.


Web page created: 2024-10-09. Web page last updated: 2024-10-09

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