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Grand hecatomb

Variant of Hecatomb chess, played on 12x12 board and 7 kinds of pieces.

Setup

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M - marshal.
A - archbishop.

Pieces

Marshals moves as knight or rook. Archbishops moves as knight or bishop.

Rules

First player may not capture bishop on first move. There is no cstling. Other rules same as in standart chess.


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By Daniil Frolov.
Web page created: 2010-08-23. Web page last updated: 2010-08-23