Spider-Chess
By Gerd P. Degens
The game requires a board with 19 ranks and 25 files.
Each player has 46 pieces and 2 x 5 spiders on top - a total of 56 pieces.
The spiders have their bases in the corners of the board - 5 spiders in each corner.
Only the spiders can return to the bases once they have left them - to their own or to opposing ones; if opposing spiders are gathered in a corner, they can fight each other.
Other pieces on the actual inner playing area cannot reach the spider bases. The bases are therefore a 'safe harbor' for the spiders.
Notes
Play it !
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ranks=19
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stalemate=win
baring=0
royal=K
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rook:R:R:rook:k1,o1,,k19,o19
queen:Q:Q:queen:l1,n1,,l19,n19
archbishop:A:BN:cardinal:g5,s5,,g15,s15
chancellor:C:RN:chancellor:f6,t6,,f14,t14
amazon:Z:QN:amazon:e7,u7,,e13,u13
amazonrider:A:QNN:amazonrider:j2,p2,,j18,p18
cardinalrider:C:BNN:cardinalrider:h4,r4,,h16,r16
chancellorrider:C:RNN:chancellorrider:i3,q3,,i17,q17
spider:S:RNNA7:spider:f2,t2,e3,u3,d4,v4,c5,w5,b6,x6,,b14,x14,c15,w15,d16,v16,e17,u17,f18,t18
king:K:K:king:m1,,m19
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By Gerd P. Degens.Last revised by Gerd Degens.
Web page created: 2024-04-11. Web page last updated: 2024-08-22Revisions of MSspider-chess