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Trumpisten Chess

 
By Gerd P. Degens

 

In this game on a board with five files and eleven ranks, it is decisive for the game to reach two squares where the pieces are promoted to amazonriders; amazonriders are more or less the trump card in the game. Another feature of the board is that four of the squares cannot be passed through. This means that a total of 51 squares is available.

Setup

files=5 ranks=11 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NRQ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png royal=K lightShade=#ffffcf oddShade=#70b09f darkShade=#70b09f coordColor=#70b09f holeColor=#FF3030 hole::::a5,e5,a7,e7 pawn:P:fR2fmF:pawn:a1,b1,d1,e1,,a11,b11,d11,e11 morph=/////A A///// knight:N:N:knight:b2,d2,,b10,d10 morph=/////A A///// rook:R:R:rook:a2,e2,,a10,e10 morph=/////A A///// queen:Q:Q3:queen:c2,,c10 morph=/////A A///// amazonrider:A:QNN:amazonrider: king:K:KisO1:king:c1,,c11

Pieces

Please note that I use pieces that are similar to the usual set of pieces in orthodox chess, but some of them have different move possibilities. See the piece overview in the interactive diagram.

Linked with Piececlopedia because available there.

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

Rules

Stalemate is a win, bare king loses, the en passant capturing does not happen.

Pawns are promoted to queen, knight or rook on the last rank - at the player's choice.

If the squares a6 and e6 ('trump squares') are reached, the pieces are upgraded to amazonriders, regardless of which piece is involved (with the exception of the king). The conversion to amazonriders is maintained for the rest of the game. The squares a5/a7 and e5/e7 are blind squares that cannot be passed through.


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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.


Web page created: 2025-03-03. Web page last updated: 2025-03-03