Marseillais chess
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Marseillais chess is a chess variant
in which each player moves twice per turn. The rules of the game were first published in Marseillais
local newspaper Le Soleil in 1925. This chess variant became quite popular in the late 1930s with such chess grandmasters as Alexander Alekhine
, Richard Réti
, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
, André Chéron
playing it.
is considered as a single move.
When a player gives a check on the first move, he loses the right for the second move on this turn. If a player is in check, he must move out of check on the first move of the turn. It is not allowed to move the king
into the check on the first move of the turn and then move out of the check on the second one.
En passant
capture is allowed even if the opponent moved the corresponding pawn
on the first move of the previous turn. However, en-passant capture must be made on the first move of the turn. When two pawns can be captured en passant after opponents move, both of them can be captured.
To avoid too much advantage for white, usually a balanced version of the game is played. In the balanced version, white makes only one move on the first turn. The moves are made in the following order: white, black, black, white, white, black, black, etc. This rule was introduced in 1963 by Robert Bruce and since then gained a wide acceptance.
Chess variant
A chess variant is a game related to, derived from or inspired by chess. The difference from chess might include one or more of the following:...
in which each player moves twice per turn. The rules of the game were first published in Marseillais
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
local newspaper Le Soleil in 1925. This chess variant became quite popular in the late 1930s with such chess grandmasters as Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
, Richard Réti
Richard Réti
Réti composed one of the most famous chess studies, shown in this diagram. It was published in Ostrauer Morgenzeitung 4 December 1921. It seems impossible for the white king to catch the advanced black pawn, while the white pawn can be easily stopped by the black king...
, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Eugene Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky was a Russian chess master, music and drama critic, teacher and author. Born in Saint Petersburg, he settled in Paris in 1920, and lived there for the rest of his life.-Biography:...
, André Chéron
André Chéron
André Chéron was a French chess player, endgame theorist, and a composer of endgame studies. He lived in Switzerland for many years...
playing it.
Rules
A player can either move one piece twice or move two different pieces on his turn. CastlingCastling
Castling is a special move in the game of chess involving the king and either of the original rooks of the same color. It is the only move in chess in which a player moves two pieces at the same time. Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook on the player's first rank, then...
is considered as a single move.
When a player gives a check on the first move, he loses the right for the second move on this turn. If a player is in check, he must move out of check on the first move of the turn. It is not allowed to move the king
King (chess)
In chess, the king is the most important piece. The object of the game is to trap the opponent's king so that its escape is not possible . If a player's king is threatened with capture, it is said to be in check, and the player must remove the threat of capture on the next move. If this cannot be...
into the check on the first move of the turn and then move out of the check on the second one.
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...
capture is allowed even if the opponent moved the corresponding pawn
Pawn (chess)
The pawn is the most numerous and weakest piece in the game of chess, historically representing infantry, or more particularly armed peasants or pikemen. Each player begins the game with eight pawns, one on each square of the rank immediately in front of the other pieces...
on the first move of the previous turn. However, en-passant capture must be made on the first move of the turn. When two pawns can be captured en passant after opponents move, both of them can be captured.
To avoid too much advantage for white, usually a balanced version of the game is played. In the balanced version, white makes only one move on the first turn. The moves are made in the following order: white, black, black, white, white, black, black, etc. This rule was introduced in 1963 by Robert Bruce and since then gained a wide acceptance.
See also
- Progressive chessProgressive chessProgressive chess is a chess variant in which players, rather than just making one move per turn, play progressively longer series of moves. The game starts with white making one move, then black makes two consecutive moves, white replies with three, black makes four and so on...
- a chess variant in which players, rather than just making one move per turn, play progressively longer series of moves. The game starts with white making one move, then black makes two consecutive moves, white replies with three, black makes four and so on.