🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Feb 28, 2003 02:03 AM UTC:
I have completed Zillions implementation of a simplified version of
Marseillais Chess, which I call Simple Marseillais Chess. Implementing the
rules for en passant would have been very tricky, and there seems to be
nothing I can do about getting it to accept checkmate as a goal. So I just
let myself create a new version of the game, then implemented that. The
simplified version is played like Chess with these differences:
1. Each Player normally has two moves per turn.
2. The second move of a turn is allowed only when no Kings are in check.
3. Although a Pawn may move twice in a turn, it may not make the two-step
initial move available in Chess.
4. Pawns may not capture each other by en passant.
5. The object is to capture the enemy King.
6. 3-times repetition is a loss.
7. A player who cannot move must pass.