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Hiashatar A game information page . Mongolian Great Chess played on a 10x10 board with a pair of Bodyguard pieces per side.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Mike wrote on Mon, Jul 14, 2003 10:12 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Has anyone else tried playing this game?  I find that the bodyguard is
tremendously powerful both because of the effect of its zone of influence
upon the other pieces and the ability to march practically unhindered
across the board.  I found that one could reasonably trade a queen for a
bodyguard.

Has anyone resolved the issue of the knight's movement in the zone of
influence?  If the rule is viewed strictly, it completely neutralizes the
knight.  I have taken the view that the knight's move is one step
orthogonally and one diagonally to resolve the question of how its leap
over the zone of influence should be treated.

Has anyone tried ZRFolating this yet?  I am rather stymied by how to
script the effects of the bodyguard on other pieces' movements.