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Akuro
A fairy chess piece is a game piece that is not in regular chess but appears in an alternate version of chess with different rules. Such an alternate version is known as a chess variant. In addition, fairy chess pieces are used in fairy chess, an area of chess problems involving changes to the rules of chess. The following table shows some game pieces of unorthodox chess, from fairy chess problems and chess variants (including historical and regional ones), and the six orthodox chess pieces. The columns "BCPS", "Parlett" and " Betza" contain the notation describing how each piece moves. Italicised names are pieces that are found under other names elsewhere in the table. The notation systems are explained in this page. 0–9 A numeral system is a writing system for expressing Number, numbers; that is, a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using Numerical digit, digits or other symbols in a consistent manner. The same sequence of symbols ... � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy Chess Piece
A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some unorthodox chess problems, known as fairy chess. Compared to conventional pieces, fairy pieces vary mostly in Rules of chess#Movement, the way they move, but they may also follow special rules for capturing, promotions, etc. Because of the distributed and uncoordinated nature of unorthodox chess development, the same piece can have different names, and different pieces can have the same name in various contexts. Most are symbolised as inverted or rotated icons of the standard pieces in diagrams, and the meanings of these "wildcards" must be defined in each context separately. Pieces invented for use in chess variants rather than problems sometimes instead have special icons designed for them, but with some exceptions (the princess (chess), princess, empress (chess), empress, and occasionally a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaturanga
Chaturanga (, , ) is an Traditional games of India, ancient Indian Strategy game, strategy board game. It is first known from India around the seventh century AD. While there is some uncertainty, the prevailing view among chess historians is that chaturanga is the common ancestor of the board games chess, xiangqi (Chinese), janggi (Korean), shogi (Japanese), sittuyin (Burmese), makruk (Thai), makruk, ouk chatrang (Cambodian) and modern Indian chess. It was adopted as ''chatrang'' (''shatranj'') in Sassanid Persia, which in turn was the form of chess brought to Late Middle Ages, late-medieval Europe. Not all the rules of chaturanga are known with certainty. Chess historians suppose that the game had similar rules to those of its successor, shatranj. In particular, there is uncertainty as to the moves of the gaja (elephant). Etymology Sanskrit ' is a bahuvrihi compound word, meaning "having four limbs or parts" and in epic poetry often meaning "army".Meri 2005: 148 The name come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Chess
Grand Chess is a large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984. It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having two additional pawns and two new pieces: the ''marshal'' and the ''cardinal''. * The marshal (M) combines powers of a rook and a knight. * The cardinal (C) combines powers of a bishop and a knight. Grand Chess uses the same pieces as the earlier variant Capablanca chess, but differs in board size, start position, rules governing pawn moves and promotion, and castling. A series of Grand Chess Cyber World Championship matches was sponsored by the Dutch game site MindSports. Grand Chess tournaments were held annually beginning in 1998 by the (now defunct) correspondence game club NOST. Larry Kaufman has written that Grand Chess "really is an excellent game and deserves a bigger following". Rules The pieces are placed on the players' first and second , respectively, with the rooks alone on the players' first ranks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Chess
Modern chess is a chess variant played on a 9×9 board. The game was invented by Gabriel Vicente Maura in 1968. Besides the usual set of chess pieces, each player has a prime minister and an additional pawn: : 30px The prime minister (M) combines powers of a bishop and a knight. The first match was played in Madrid at Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando's cafe on March 18, 1968. The players were Gabriel Vicente Maura himself (White), and Bonifacio Pedraz Cabezas (Black). Game rules The starting setup is as shown. All the standard rules of chess apply, along with the following special rules: * A player can castle either ministerside (notated "0-M-0") or queenside (notated "0-Q-0"); in either case the king slides two squares toward the castling rook. * When reaching the final rank, pawns can promote to one of the usual pieces or to prime minister. Optional rule In response to criticism that bishops are restricted to only one square color, the inventor proposed an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess (chess)
The princess is a fairy chess piece that can move like a bishop or a knight. It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a bishop but may do so when moving as a knight. The piece has acquired many names and is frequently called an archbishop or a cardinal; it may also simply be called the bishop+knight compound. Chess moves in this article use letter ''A'' as notation for the princess. Movement The princess can move as a bishop or a knight. History and nomenclature The princess is one of the most simply described fairy chess pieces and as such has a long history and has gone by many names. It was first used in Turkish Great Chess, a large medieval variant of chess, where it was called the ''vizir'' (not to be confused with the piece more commonly referred to as the wazir today, which is the (1,0) leaper). It was introduced in the West with Carrera's chess, a chess variant from 1617, where it was called a ''centaur'', and has been used in many chess variants since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andernach Chess
Andernach chess is a chess variant in which a piece making a capture (except kings) changes colour. For instance, if a white bishop on a2 were to capture a black knight on g8, the result would be a black bishop on g8. Non-capturing moves are played as in orthodox chess. If a pawn captures on eighth rank, it is promoted first and then changes colour. The game was named after the German town of Andernach, which is the site of annual meetings of fairy chess enthusiasts. It was during the 1993 meeting there that Andernach chess was introduced with a chess problem composing tournament for Andernach problems. It has since become a popular variant in problem composition, though it has not yet become popular as a game-playing variant. Example problem An example Andernach chess problem is shown in the diagram. The task is to find a proof game, which would last three moves and lead to the position shown. The solution is: :1. Nf3 Nc6 2. Ne5 Nxe5(=wN) The black knight turns into a white k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knightmare Chess
''Knightmare Chess'' is a fantasy chess variant published by Steve Jackson Games (SJG) in 1996. It is a translation of a French game ''Tempête sur l'échiquier'' (''Storm on the Chessboard''), designed by Pierre Cléquin and Bruno Faidutti. A stand-alone 80 card expansion called ''Series 2'' was scheduled for a December 1997 release. Overview ''Knightmare Chess'' is played with cards that change the default rules of chess. The cards might change how a piece moves, move opponent's pieces, create special squares on the board or otherwise alter the game. For example, a card called Demotion says: :Replace one of your opponent's pieces (except a King or Queen) with one of his captured Pawns. :''Play this card on your turn, instead of making a regular move.'' There are two sets of cards sold separately, each consisting of 80 cards. The sets are known as ''Knightmare Chess 1'' and ''Knightmare Chess 2''; a single 160 card deck can be created by shuffling both decks together. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon (chess)
The amazon, also known as the queen+knight compound or the dragon, is a fairy chess piece that can move like a queen or a knight. It may thus be considered the sum of all orthodox chess pieces other than the king (because it cannot castle and does not know when it is under threat via the check rule) and the pawn (because it cannot practice en passant). The amazon can force checkmate on an enemy king without the help of any other friendly piece. Chess moves in this article use ''A'' as notation for the amazon. Movement The amazon's movement combines those of the queen and the knight. Thus, it may move to any square on the same rank, file, or diagonal without jumping, or it may move to any of the nearest squares not on the same rank, file, or diagonal. History The amazon is one of the most simply described fairy chess pieces and as such has a long history and has gone by many names. It was first used in Turkish Great Chess, a large medieval variant of chess, where it was ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightrider
Night Rider, Nightrider, or variants thereof may refer to: Literature * ''Night Rider'' (novel), a 1939 novel by Robert Penn Warren * ''Night Rider'', a 2001 novel by W. A. Harbinson written under the Shaun Clarke pseudonym * Nightrider (DC Comics), a comic book character * Night Rider, a previous name of Marvel Comics character Phantom Rider Film * ''Night Rider'' (2022 film), a Sri Lankan film * ''The Night Rider'' (film), a 1932 Western starring Harry Carey * ''The Night Riders'' (1916 film), a film starring Harry Carey * ''The Night Riders'' (1920 film), a British film directed by Alexander Butler * ''The Night Riders'' (1939 film), a film starring John Wayne * ''Night Riders'' (1981 film), a Czechoslovak film * Nightrider, nickname of character Crawford Montazano in the film ''Mad Max'' Militant organizations * The Night Riders, participants in the Black Patch Tobacco Wars in Kentucky and Tennessee, circa 1904–1909 * Night rider, a member of the Ku Klux Klan Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
