Farmer's Chess

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Farmer's Chess (Four Seasons Chess)

I thought that if you are in checkmate, you do not move, but whoever actually takes your king is the one who controls your pieces, since two different enemies might have you in checkmate at the same time.

For this reason I programmed it so that you win by taking the last king.

Stalemate causes that side's units to leave the board.

Pawns promote to ferz. Bishops are 2,2 leapers.

I thought that the lines in King Alfonso's book were to help people remember which way the pawns moved.

Chess Variants

These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.

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Written by Ed Friedlander

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Credits

Author: Ed Friedlander.

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Date	Name	Rating	Comment	Edit
Farmer's Chess.
2004-05-21	John Ayer	None	For future reference, this site includes a Piececlopedia at http://www.chessvariants.com/index/mainquery.php?type=Piececlopedia&orderby=LinkText&displayauthor=1&displayinventor=1&usethisheading=Piececlopedia which describes all the principal pieces. If a piece is mentioned without comment, that's a good place to look first.	View [*]
2004-05-20	Matthew Paul	None	Moves one square diagonally... On second thoughts... Couldn't you have figured that out yourself????	View [*]
2004-05-19	Eliott Joo	None	What is a ferz?	View [*]

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