Quatrochess

Game rules

The illustration shows the starting setup. White moves first and play proceeds clockwise around the board. Teammates sit in opposite corners in partnership games.

The squareless center may not be moved to or through; however, it may be jumped over by pieces that leap (knight, chancellor, archbishop, camel, and giraffe). The king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn move and capture as they do in chess. Each player's eight pawns are divided into two groups of four: one group moves forward along , the other along . As in chess, pawns have an initial two-step option, en passant is possible, and promotion occurs at the board's end. There is no castling in Quatrochess.

Fairy piece moves

The fairy pieces all capture the same as they move:

• [[File:Chess clt45.svg|30x30px]] The chancellor moves as a chess rook and knight.
• [[File:Chess alt45.svg|30x30px]] The archbishop moves as a chess bishop and knight.
• [[File:Chess flt45.svg|30x30px]] The mann moves as a chess king, but has no .
• [[File:Chess mlt45.svg|30x30px]] The wazir moves one step orthogonally in any direction.
• [[File:Chess Blt45.svg|30x30px]] The ferz moves one step diagonally in any direction.
• [[File:Chess Nlt45.svg|30x30px]] The camel leaps in a (1,3) pattern like an elongated knight's move. It jumps over any intervening men.
• [[File:Chess Glt45.svg|30x30px]] The giraffe leaps in a (1,4) pattern like an elongated knight's move. It jumps over any intervening men.

Winning

When a player is checkmated or stalemated, his king is immediately removed from the game and his remaining men become the property of the player delivering the mate or stalemate (all-versus-all game), or of his teammate (partnership game). The last surviving player (or team) is the winner.

References

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References

1. (June 1991). "A Panorama of Chess Variants". Michael Keller.