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I want to play that variant
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Here you can play against real people or also against a bot https://games.dtco.ru/map
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More details here: Chess variant from 1893
Briefly,
The following pieces are used in the game: Queen, Bishops, Rooks and Pawns.
The initial arrangement on the 11x9 board looks like this:
Squares marked with black circles are not part of the board.
The queen is the most important piece in the game. Moves and captures like a normal chess queen. However, this piece must avoid check like a king in standard chess.
The rook moves and captures like a rook in standard chess.
The bishop moves and captures like a bishop in standard chess.
The pawn moves in all directions like a king in standard chess, but captures only diagonally.
To win the game, it is enough to deliver your queen to the central square e6 or checkmate it like a king in standard chess.