Arabian Nights Chess
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This is a preset for Paul E. Newton's Arabian Nights Chess. Click here to start the preset. BLACK starts first, remember that. All pieces move as expected. The shuffle variant is used, where players take turns placing their pieces on the first and second rank. Pawns may ONLY be on the second rank. To mark a pawn that is promoted to a general (which can't be re-promoted) you can simply use the symbol for the pawn turned 90 degrees. (pg for black, PG for white.) Or you can use the normal ferz symbol. The magic squares are marked with the color BLUE, so you won't mistake them for regular squares.
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Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
Web page created: 2007-06-23. Web page last updated: 2007-06-23