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Subject: New Chess Variants

Author: Andrew Mulholland

Date: 17:16:36 01/14/04


Hi all,

We've just added 3 new chess variants to www.CowPlay.com...

"The Lost Pawns" - The Lost Pawns maintains the standard board setup,
however positions of the pieces on the board are flipped so that white's
pieces start on the 8th rank and white's pawns on the 7th rank. This has the
effect that they are one square away from promotion and the only initial
valid move for both players is to move a knight. All other standard chess
rules apply.

"Pair of Kings" - The board in this variant is extended horizontally by one
square, the queen in centered and a king is placed either side of the queen.
Note while two kings are in play for a player, it is not possible to get the
player in check as one king must first be taken. All other standard chess
rules apply.

"Legion of Kings" - Using a standard chess board, in this variant all pawns
are replaced by Kings. Note that it is not possible to place a player in
check until only one of the Kings remain (i.e. all other Kings must first be
captured). All other standard chess rules apply.

Have fun!

Hoofmaster (andrew)
andrew@huntedcow.com



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