Morphing Chess IV
By Gerd P. Degens
The game requires a 9 x 9 board. The pieces change depending on the color of the squares reached.
Setup
Pieces
Standard set of pieces - plus archbishop, chancellor and amazon. Details in the rule section.
Rules
Except for the following changes, the Fide rules apply.
There is no capturing en passant, castling and promotion of pawns takes place.
Bare king loses.
Stalemate is a win.
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With the exception of the pawns, pieces are played as in standard chess - regarding archbishop, chancellor and amazon see below.
In morphing chess IV, pieces change their appearance and function depending on the color of the squares they reach.
King and pawns are excluded from this. Bishops are also excluded, as they only move on black squares during the game.
The following diagram illustrates the changes:
The rook mutates from black to white to a chancellor and back again from white to black to a rook.
The knight mutates from white to black to an archbishop and vice versa.
The queen becomes an amazon when changing from white to black; the amazon becomes a queen again when changing from black to white.
Pieces (move options)
Pawn (Morphing Chess IV)
Notes
Play it !
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By Gerd P. Degens.
Last revised by Gerd Degens.
Web page created: 2024-03-14. Web page last updated: 2024-03-15