Accelerated Chess
Accelerated Chess is a 2-player chess variant invented by Max Koval in 2021. This game is played by two players on an unconventionally-shaped rectangular board with 80 cells (9 rows and 8 columns) and incorporates one set of 32 white and black coloured pieces, which remain unchanged from the original FIDE chess set.
This game's page on the Chess Variant Pages was recreated in 2022 with corrected graphics and rewritten text with more clarified rules.
Setup
White: king e0; queen d0; rooks a0, h0; bishops c0, f0; knights b0, g0; pawns a1, b1, c1, d1, e1, f1, g1, h1.
Black: king d9; queen e9; rooks a9, h9; bishops c9, f9; knights b9, g0; pawns a8, b8, c8, d8, e8, f8, g8, h8.
The notation system for the board (as well as the further reference for the definition of orthogonals and diagonals).
To avoid using the two-digit number (10), zero is used as the mark for the first row.
Due to the board's geometry with bent rows, two separate cells can share the same name (a3, a4, a5, b3, etc.). To distinguish them from one another, it is required to mark them with the name of the player's half of the board (for example, the g3 cell, which is closer to the black pieces, is marked as g3 black, or g3b; the a4 cell, which is closer to the white pieces, is marked as a3w). You don't necessarily need to distinguish the cells if the piece can reach only one of them.
Pieces
The movement of the pieces works similarly to orthodox chess (no new rules are used) and is largely distorted due to the board's geometry.
The rook
The bishop
The queen
The king
Castling
The knight
The pawn
Rules
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By Max Koval.
Web page created: 2022-11-23. Web page last updated: 2023-02-12