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Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
George Duke wrote on Wed, Jul 16, 2008 05:46 PM UTC:
''The further the Pawns advance, the more and stronger their promotion choices become.'' Ninth--Zebra. Tenth--Zebra, Camel, Knight, Bishop. Eleventh--all of above, Rook, Quintessence, or Janus. Twelfth--all of foregoing, or Quinquereme(Pentere). Quinquereme is Queen + Quintessence. Pentere is stronger piece than Amazon(RNB) of course because of reaching all that one's and then some -- actually reasonable enough for so large as 144 squares.