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  (Column Chess)

  By Gerd P. Degens

The game requires a 9 x 9 board. On ranks 2 to 8, pieces are morphed according to the rules (see below). There is no morphing on ranks 1 and 9.

Setup

Pieces

Standard pieces with standard move options.

	pawn	slides to the 2nd square straight ahead to an empty square if it has not moved yet, steps one square straight ahead to an empty square, or diagonally forward for (e.p.?) capturing only
	knight	makes a knight's jump
	bishop	slides diagonally
	rook	slides orthogonally
	queen	slides in all 8 directions
	king	steps one square in all 8 directions, or castles by stepping 3 squares towards the rook

Rules

Except for the following changes, the Fide rules apply.
There is no capturing en passant, castling and promotion of pawns are possible.
Bare king loses. Stalemate is a win.

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The pieces move as in standard chess.

The king is excluded from morphing.

Ranks 1 and 9
There is no morphing on ranks 1 and 9.

Rank 2 and 8
On ranks 2 and 8 there are only pawns or pieces are morphed into pawns to enable pawn promotion. Pieces that have been morphed into pawns on ranks 2 or 8 can only move one square forward, or capture diagonally like pawns.

Ranks 3 to 7
In this area, pieces are morphed to:

• rooks on a and i files,
• knights on b and h files,
• bishops on c and g files and to
• queens on d and f files.
• there is no morphing on the e-file

Notes

Last revised by Bn Em.