Modern Grand Chess.

Chess demands total concentration.
Bobby Fischer

MODERN GRAND CHESS
Kosintsev I.G.
kosintsev.i.g@gmail.com
(20.07.2010)

Hello chess players! I continue to go with the chess evolution and had gone to the new chess variant titled “Modern Grand Chess”.
Let me introduce the new chess variant unoccupied still by Artificial Intelligence.
The game was developed as an alternative to Omega Chess [4], Grand Chess [5], Archchess [6], Pacific Chess [7] and Mideast Chess [8]. This 100-squares chess variant has wide strategic and tactical possibilities but at the same time is using an extended set of the chess pieces with the traditional style of movement well known to all chess players. Pieces are arranged hierarchically and harmonically at the initial position.
The initial (in agree with etiquette centre-symmetrical) position at the game Modern Grand Chess with the 10x10 board is follows.


Here is used partly the design of the classical chess from [2].




White:

1. (P) Pawn: a3, b3, c3, d3, e3, f3, g3, h3, i3, k3.
2. (H) Horse: b2, i2.
3. (N) Ninja: a2, k2.
4. (B) Bishop: c2, h2.
5. (E) Episcope: d2, g2.
6. (C) Cardinal: e2, f2.
7. (R) Rook: a1, k1.
8. (G) General: b1, i1.
9. (R) Marshal: c1, h1.
10. (F) Ferz: d1, g1.
11. (Q) Queen: f1.
12. (K) King: e1.


Black:

1. (P) Pawn: a8, b8, c8, d8, e8, f8, g8, h8, i8, k8.
2. (H) Horse: b9, i9.
3. (N) Ninja: a9, k9.
4. (B) Bishop: c9, h9.
5. (E) Episcope: d9, g9.
6. (C) Cardinal: e9, f9.
7. (R) Rook: a10, k10.
8. (G) General: b10, i10.
9. (R) Marshal: c10, h10.
10. (F) Ferz: d10, g10.
11. (Q) Queen: e10.
12. (K) King: f10.

Rules:

1. The orthogonal mode of the movement (O).



2. The diagonal mode of the movement (D).



3. The (first) neighbor mode of the movement (N).



4. The second neighbor mode of the movement (S) over the neighbor occupied or unoccupied squares X (Jump).



1. (P) The pawn moves, without capturing, by N mode.
It captures by D and N modes at once.
Pawn may advance in its first move, without capturing, by S mode.
The capture «en passant» is absent.
It also promotes for any another (at the player's choice) piece when it reaches the last rank.
2. (H) The horse moves by S mode.
3. (N) The ninja moves by N or S modes.
4. (B) The bishop moves by D.
5. (E) The episcope moves by D or N modes.
6. (C) The cardinal moves by D or S modes.
7. (R) The rook moves by O mode.
8. (G) The general moves by O or N modes.
9. (M) The marshal moves by O or S modes.
10. (F) The ferz moves by O or D modes.
11. (Q) The queen moves by O or D or S modes.
12. (K) The king moves by N or S modes during the game, provided that he hasn't been checked before he makes his S-move. It loses the right to make a S-move after the check.
Castling doesn't exist (compare with Chaturanga [3]).
Other rules of this game are identical with rules of classical chess [1].

Internet resources:
1. Chess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess
2. Chess.com.
http://www.chess.com/
3. Chaturanga.
http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/chaturanga.html
4. Omega Chess.
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/08/omega-chess.html
5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Grand chess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_chess
6. Archchess.
http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/arch.html
7. Pacific Chess.
http://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/pacific.html
8. Mideast Chess.
http://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/mideast.html
9. Mastodon Chess (10x10).
http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/mastodon.htm