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Recharged Chess

 
By Gerd P. Degens

 

The game is played on a 9 x 9 board. Each player has 27 pieces. Eight of these are pawns on the base line, which are upgraded ('recharged') on ranks 2 or 8.

Setup

files=9 ranks=9 promoZone=1 promoChoice=AMNCZ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png stalemate=win baring=0 royal=K lightShade=#ffffcf oddShade=#70b09f darkShade=#70b09f coordColor=#70b09f holeColor=#CECEF6 pawn:P:fmFfnWfnD:pawn:a1,a3,b1,b3,c1,c3,d1,d3,e3,f1,f3,g1,g3,h1,h3,i1,i3,,a9,a7,b9,b7,c9,c7,d9,d7,e7,f9,f7,g9,g7,h9,h7,i9,i7 morph=/CZNMAMNZC//////CZNMAMNZC/ amazonrider:A:QNN:amazonrider:e2,,e8 nightrider:N:NN:nightrider:c2,g2,,c8,g8 cardinalrider:M:BNN:cardinalrider:d2,f2,,d8,f8 chancellorrider:C:RNN:chancellorrider:a2,i2,,a8,i8 zecari:Z:ZZCC:zebrawazir:b2,h2,,b8,h8 king:K:KisO3:king:e1,,e9

Pieces

Standard set of pieces plus additional pieces - see below for details.

Rules

With the exception of the following, the FIDE rules apply.
There is no capturing en passant, bare king loses, stalemate is a win.

Pawns on the baselines are upgraded ('recharged') on ranks 2 and 8 as follows:
Pawns on the files:

a and i become either chancellorrider or zecari pieces,
b and h become chancellorrider, zecari or nightrider pieces,
c and g mutate to zecari, nightrider or cardinalrider pieces and
d and f can upgrade to nightrider, cardinalrider or amazonrider pieces,
whereby the player decides whether the move is made orthogonally or diagonally.

The pieces move as follows:

pawn steps one square diagonally forward to an empty square, or straight ahead, or slides to the 2nd square straight ahead
amazonrider slides in all 8 directions, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
nightrider repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
cardinalrider slides diagonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
chancellorrider slides orthogonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
zecari repeatedly makes a (3,2) leap in the same direction, or repeatedly makes a (3,1) leap in the same direction
king steps one square in all 8 directions, or castles by stepping 3 squares towards the pawn

Notes


Recharged Chess on Game Courier

 

 


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By Gerd P. Degens.

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Web page created: 2024-10-30. Web page last updated: 2024-10-30

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