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Great Rider Reef

 
By Gerd P. Degens

 

The game requires a 11 x 13 board. There are only 'riders' (night-, cardinal-, chancellor-, amazon-, zebracamelrider) in the game - besides pawns and king, of course. There is a barrier on rank 7 that must be overcome. This is how the name 'Great Rider Reef' came about - in reference to 'Great Barrier Reef'.

Setup

files=11 ranks=13 promoZone=1 promoChoice=ACGZMD graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png stalemate=win baring=0 royal=K hole::::a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7,i7,j7,k7 pawn:P:fWfDfmF:pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,i2,j2,k2,,a12,b12,c12,d12,e12,f12,g12,h12,i12,j12,k12 nightrider:A:NN:nightrider:b1,j1,,b13,j13 amazonrider:M:QNN:amazonrider:e1,g1,,e13,g13 cardinalrider:C:BNN:cardinalrider:c1,i1,,c13,i13 chancellorrider:D:RNN:chancellorrider:a1,k1,,a13,k13 zecari:Z:ZZCC:zebrawazir:d1,h1,,d13,h13 king:K:KisO4:king:f1,,f13

Pieces

Night-, cardinal-, chancellor-, amazon- and zebracamelrider as well as king and pawns.

Rules

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

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Move options

pawnsteps one square straight ahead, or diagonally forward to an empty square, or jumps to the 2nd square straight ahead
nightriderrepeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
amazonriderslides in all 8 directions, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
cardinalriderslides diagonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
chancellorriderslides orthogonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
zecarirepeatedly makes a (3,2) leap in the same direction, or repeatedly makes a (3,1) leap in the same direction
kingsteps one square in all 8 directions, or castles by stepping 4 squares towards the chancellorrider

Notes

Great Rider Reef on Game Courier

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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.


Web page created: 2024-04-19. Web page last updated: 2024-04-19

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