Rabbit Chess
Rabbit is a piece that appears in one of Gunter Jordan's fairy chess problems.
Setup
Interactive diagram: pieces movable, right-click resets!
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Click here to open/close a piece overview. Play it!
Pieces
 | Pawn | Slides up to halfway the board straight ahead to an empty square, or steps one square diagonally forward for (e.p.?) capturing only |
 | Knight | Makes a Knight's jump |
 | Bishop | Slides diagonally |
 | Rook | Slides orthogonally |
 | Queen | Slides in all 8 directions |
 | Lion | Jumps over the nearest piece in all 8 directions |
 | Rabbit | Moves any distance on queen lines over a hurdle consisting of two pieces any distance apart on the same line, to finish on a square any distance beyond the second piece |
 | King | Steps one square in all 8 directions, or castles by stepping 3 squares towards the Rook |
Rules
Pawns on the last rank can promote to Queen, Rook, Knight, Bishop, Lion, or Rabbit.
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By HaruN Y.
Web page created: 2024-06-20. Web page last updated: 2025-01-25