Cuban Chess

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Classic variant from Havana. The crocodile is called the "vampire" or "bat". It moves as a king, knight, or 3,2 leaper. I have not yet added the en initial three-square pawn move or en passant capturing.

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Credits

Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: German A. Mentz.

See also

• Cuban Chaturang. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: German A. Mentz.

Comments

Date	Name	Rating	Comment	Edit
Cuban Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
2012-01-09	George Duke	None	Over ten years ago, Plus the king, Vampire Bat is Knight + Zebra. Depiction chosen of Crocodile. Cuban chess may even be prerevolutionary.	View [*]
2010-04-13	Daniil Frolov	None	What is vampire's value?	View [*]

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