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This page is written by one of the game's inventor, John Love-Jensen.

SuperKing

This chess variant was communicated to me by John Love-Jensen. He wrote that he and his colleagues like to play this game, and that it is slightly faster than orthodox chess.

Interactive diagram: pieces movable, right-click resets!

 
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Click here to open/close a piece overview. Play it!

  • Click below to display piece moves:
  • Pawn (a2-h2; a7-h7)
  • Knight (b1,g1; b8,g8)
  • Bishop (c1,f1; c8,f8)
  • Rook (a1,h1; a8,h8)
  • Queen (d1; d8)
  • King (e1; e8)

Rules

All rules are as in orthodox chess, with the following exception: the king moves and captures as a chess queen, but cannot move through check, even to capture the checking piece. (I.e., the king may not move over or to a square that is attacked by a piece from the opponent.) So, for instance, a king on a1 cannot take a rook on a8, and the position: White King c3, Rook a1; Black King c1, still is a mate.

Raven Chess

Raven chess was sent to us by email from Richard (last name unknown). It is played as SuperKing, except that kings may also leap over friendly pieces. I assume kings may not leap over a threatened friendly piece.
Written by: Hans Bodlaender, based on a text of John Love-Jensen.
Raven Chess added by: Ben Reiniger, based on an email from Richard. Added March 14, 2014.
WWW page created: December 18, 1996.