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 can move any number of spaces diagonally. Spaces are said to be diagonally connected if they share a corner and are the same color.
Queen
The queen has the combined moves of a rook and bishop.
Knight
The knight jumps one space orthogonally followed by one space diagonally, or one space diagonally followed by one space orthogonally.
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By Em Nil.
Web page created: 2024-10-09. Web page last updated: 2024-10-09