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ChessBreakTimes Chess

I'm doing chess-based RPG called ChessBreakTimes, in which will be standard and fairy chessmen, two-player modes of game as well as multiplayer ones, and unique features like: Super Abilities on each piece, levels of strength, 9 leagues of player's total score named after chemical elements (metals), and some portion of unknown — you must be ready to meet any piece type(s) used by your opponent! Currently this is in DEEP alpha, and in start pack there will be 6 personages, 2 pawn-like and 4 substantive; and NO King between them.

I've suddenly created chess variant with all pieces used in ChessBreakTimes, and though there's no King in the game, he exists in this variant. 

Setup

diagram
White: 2nd row — Pawn, Warrior, Warrior, Pawn, Pawn, Warrior, Warrior, Pawn; 1st row (from a1 to h1) — Rook, Knight, Silver, Magician, King, Silver, Knight, Rook.
Black has exactly mirrored setup, but pawn-likes are on 7th row, and substantive pieces on 8th.

Pieces

Warrior

diagram

It's not just an antipode of pawn, but even more. Maybe he is some kind of "freelancer" on the chessboard fighting in pawn-like lines. He moves 1 diagonally forward (can move 2 from start, no jump), but captures straight forward not only 1, but (if first is empty) 2 squares! By this, Warrior has some linear control and is stronger than Berolina Pawn (these two pieces was invented independently).

Silver

diagram

It is the Makruk (Thai Chess) piece, where it's nobleman called Khon which replaces classical Bishop; also this piece is used in Shogi (Japanese Chess) with name Ginshō (Silver General), maybe because several games affected on Shogi… Anyway, it moves 1 square diagonally or straight forward. By this, it's not colorbound as normal Bishop, but also is not ranger; also it's asymmetric.

Magician

diagram

He's the real examle of thought power which can be very useful for the kingdom. Grey crosses are trajectories and they are endless, but they can be blocked. Magician moves three or more squares diagonally or orthogonally (if they're free) & after this one square with 45° turn; he can stop only on the final square. By this, he has many directions, he is ranger, but he is very weak on short distance. 

Rules

Just standard;) checkmate the opponent's King. Stalemate, impossible mate (2 Kings & Silver is a draw), 50 moves without taking or promotion, and threefold repetition are draw.

Castling works as in Chess. En-passant also works as in Chess, Warriors are also able to take by this method, but only one square and only opponent's Warriors, however Pawns can take both Pawns and Warriors.

Notes

Though I usually do it in Keynote (which is now uploaded from my device due its lack of free memory), now I've done a diagram with my favorite colors and non-favorite but useful piece set;) if you'll say how to make diagram in Designer with my graphics (btw bS in horizons graphics is Silver, and I wanted to use these graphics there), it'd be good. 


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By Lev Grigoriev.

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Web page created: 2023-08-18. Web page last updated: 2023-10-22

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