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Cagliostro's Chess
Savio Cagliostro of Okeechobee, Florida, United States of America, invented Cagliostro's Chess, probably in the third quarter
of the 20th century.
It was described by John Gollon (author of Chess Variations: Ancient, Regional, and Modern
in a correspondence to John Ayer.
Rules
The board is twelve squares by eight. White's first rank,
from left to right, is rook, knight, bishop, archbishop, chancellor, queen,
king, general, archbishop, bishop, knight, rook. Black's setup mirrors
White's. The archbishop moves as bishop or knight, the chancellor as rook
or knight, the general as rook, bishop, or knight. All other rules are as
in standard chess.
John Gollon pointed out that the combination of two
minor pieces, the archbishop, appears twice, while the various combinations
of a major piece and a minor piece (queen=R+B, chancellor=R+N, general=Q+N)
appear once each.
Webpage made by Hans Bodlaender, based upon email of John Ayer.
WWW page created: January 16, 2003.
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