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I-Chess

This game is invented by Paul Velerzon Zama from Onești in Romania. One day while explaining the kids the rules of chess while telling them about how the knights reprezent the cavalry, the bishops the clergy, and so on, he came up with the idea that the naval and air forces used in modern could be represented also. So he invented the Dacian Wolf to represent the naval forces and the Eagle to represent the air forces. They were added to the usual Chess pieces on a 12x12 board.

Setup

In the initial setup, each player has twelve pawns and the new pieces are added in the orthodox setup between the queen or king and the bishops with the wolf closer to the center as shown below:

White:
King g1; Queen f1; Wolf e1, h1; Eagle d1, i1; Rook a1, l1; Knight b1, k1; Bishop c1, j1; Pawn a2, b2, c2, d2, e2, f2, g2, h2, i2, j2, k2, l2.

Black:
King g12; Queen f12; Wolf e12, h12; Eagle d12, i12; Rook a12, l12; Knight b12, k12; Bishop c12, j12; Pawn a11, b11, c11, d11, e11, f11, g11, h11, i11, j11, k11, l11.

Initial Setup:
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Pieces

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The interactive diagram above displays the moves of each piece. Click on here to see each piece and then on the piece to see how it moves. You may also play against a novice AI by clicking play it!

Rules

Castling is done by moving the king four squares towards the rook on either side subject to the usual castling restrictions. A pawn in the home half of the board may move until the center of the board. En passant move is possible. Pawns promote on the last rank to any of the pieces in the initial setup.

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Author: Aurelian Florea. Inventor: Paul Zamă.

Last revised by Greg Strong.


Web page created: 2020-10-10. Web page last updated: 2020-10-11

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