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.
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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.