Embassy Chess
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Embassy chess is a chess variant created in 2005 by Kevin Hill. It borrows the opening setup from Grand chess
by Christian Freeling
and adapts it to the 10x8 board.
Embassy chess is a free, non-commercial Capablanca random chess
variant that is played on a 10x8 board with two additional pawns per side and two fairy chess piece
s: the marshall and the cardinal.
The castling in this chess variant is done by king moving 3 spaces in rook direction, see diagram at right. All other rules, like en passant
are the same as in chess
.
(developed by Reinhard Scharnagl
). It was selected as one out of eleven 8x10 board games featured in ChessV
(developed by Gregory Strong). In both programs, its opening setup can conveniently, automatically be loaded for play against a computer opponent.
It is also possible to play Embassy chess in Zillions of Games
using a third-party rules file, such as this one.
Grand chess
Grand chess is a popular large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984. It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having two additional pawns and two new pieces: the marshall and the cardinal....
by Christian Freeling
Christian Freeling
Christian Freeling is a Dutch game designer and inventor of various chess variants, notably Grand chess, invented in 1984.Other game inventions by Freeling include:...
and adapts it to the 10x8 board.
Embassy chess is a free, non-commercial Capablanca random chess
Capablanca random chess
Capablanca Random Chess is a chess variant invented by Reinhard Scharnagl in 2004. It combines the piece set and 10x8 board from Capablanca Chess with the permutation idea of Fischer Random Chess...
variant that is played on a 10x8 board with two additional pawns per side and two fairy chess piece
Fairy chess piece
A fairy chess piece or unorthodox chess piece is a piece analogous to a chess piece. It is not used in conventional chess, but is used in certain chess variants and some chess problems...
s: the marshall and the cardinal.
- The marshall
Fairy chess pieceA fairy chess piece or unorthodox chess piece is a piece analogous to a chess piece. It is not used in conventional chess, but is used in certain chess variants and some chess problems...
moves as both a rookRook (chess)A rook is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Formerly the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes...
and a knightKnight (chess)The knight is a piece in the game of chess, representing a knight . It is normally represented by a horse's head and neck. Each player starts with two knights, which begin on the row closest to the player, one square from the corner...
. - The cardinal
Fairy chess pieceA fairy chess piece or unorthodox chess piece is a piece analogous to a chess piece. It is not used in conventional chess, but is used in certain chess variants and some chess problems...
moves as both a bishopBishop (chess)A bishop is a piece in the board game of chess. Each player begins the game with two bishops. One starts between the king's knight and the king, the other between the queen's knight and the queen...
and a knightKnight (chess)The knight is a piece in the game of chess, representing a knight . It is normally represented by a horse's head and neck. Each player starts with two knights, which begin on the row closest to the player, one square from the corner...
.
The castling in this chess variant is done by king moving 3 spaces in rook direction, see diagram at right. All other rules, like en passant
En passant
En passant is a move in the board game of chess . It is a special pawn capture which can occur immediately after a player moves a pawn two squares forward from its starting position, and an enemy pawn could have captured it had it moved only one square forward...
are the same as in chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
.
Computer implementations
Embassy chess is supported by at least three multi-variant programs available in the chess variant world. It was selected as one out of seven 10x8 board games featured in SMIRFSMIRF
The name SMIRF is an acronym for "Strategiespielprogramm mit intelligent rückkoppelnden Funktionen" . It designates an appropriate innovative variant of an adaptive recursive feedback implementation. The procedure cuts the to be evaluated search tree effectively both in the depth and in the width...
(developed by Reinhard Scharnagl
Reinhard Scharnagl
Reinhard Scharnagl is author of a book about the future of the game of Chess, inventor of Capablanca Random Chess and the Chess960 numbering scheme and developer of the chess variant program SMIRF.- Chessbook author :...
). It was selected as one out of eleven 8x10 board games featured in ChessV
ChessV
ChessV is a free computer program designed to play a large number of chess variants.ChessV is an open-source, universal chess variant program with a graphical user-interface, sophisticated AI, support for opening books and other features of traditional chess programs...
(developed by Gregory Strong). In both programs, its opening setup can conveniently, automatically be loaded for play against a computer opponent.
It is also possible to play Embassy chess in Zillions of Games
Zillions of Games
Zillions of Games is a commercial General Game Playing system developed by Jeff Mallett and Mark Lefler in 1998. The game rules are specified with S expressions, Zillions rule language. It was designed to handle mostly abstract strategy board games or puzzles. After parsing the rules of the game,...
using a third-party rules file, such as this one.
See also
- Capablanca Random ChessCapablanca random chessCapablanca Random Chess is a chess variant invented by Reinhard Scharnagl in 2004. It combines the piece set and 10x8 board from Capablanca Chess with the permutation idea of Fischer Random Chess...
- Capablanca ChessCapablanca chessCapablanca chess is a chess variant invented in the 1920s by former World Chess Champion José Raúl Capablanca. It incorporates two new pieces and is played on a 10×8 board. Capablanca proposed the variant while World Champion, and not as a "sour grapes" rationalization after losing his title as...
- SMIRFSMIRFThe name SMIRF is an acronym for "Strategiespielprogramm mit intelligent rückkoppelnden Funktionen" . It designates an appropriate innovative variant of an adaptive recursive feedback implementation. The procedure cuts the to be evaluated search tree effectively both in the depth and in the width...
- ChessVChessVChessV is a free computer program designed to play a large number of chess variants.ChessV is an open-source, universal chess variant program with a graphical user-interface, sophisticated AI, support for opening books and other features of traditional chess programs...
- Zillions of GamesZillions of GamesZillions of Games is a commercial General Game Playing system developed by Jeff Mallett and Mark Lefler in 1998. The game rules are specified with S expressions, Zillions rule language. It was designed to handle mostly abstract strategy board games or puzzles. After parsing the rules of the game,...
- Grand ChessGrand chessGrand chess is a popular large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984. It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having two additional pawns and two new pieces: the marshall and the cardinal....
- Gothic ChessGothic chessGothic Chess is a chess variant derived from Capablanca Chess by Ed Trice. It was patented in 2002, but the patent expired in 2006.It is played on the same 10×8 board and additional pieces as in Capablanca Chess...
External links
- Game Courier | Embassy Chess
- ChessV
- BrainKing - a server where you can play Embassy Chess.
- CRC | material values of pieces