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(I have now come to regard this variant as a figment. It's probably not an authentic historical variant/ Mats W.)<BR><BR>In <I>Bolyar Chess</I> (Bulgarian Chess) the goal is checkmate. The following pieces move as in classical chess: <B>king, pawn, knight, rook,</B> and <B>general</B> (which is the same as queen). The general only appears when a boat promotes. Castling is "long" also on the king's wing (while the central board is 9 squares wide). Rules for 'en passant' capture are standard. The following pieces use special movement rules. The <B>bishop</B> moves on the diagonals like a regular bishop, but it can also move one square forward, provided that this square is empty. The <B>bolyar</B> (which means "royal knight"), initially positioned on either side of the king, moves like a queen, but can only capture on the orthogonals (that is, capture is not allowed when moving diagonally). The <B>boat</B>, initially positioned on the extra corner squares, can move maximally two squares, orthogonally, diagonally, or like a knight. However, it can only capture when moving orthogonally (like a rook). Moreover, it cannot move in the backward directions, except when capturing orthogonally. The <I>promotion rules</I> differ much from regular chess. Most piece types can promote when reaching the far side.<BR><BR> A Zillions <IMG SRC="http://www.chessvariants.org/index/zillions.gif" ALIGN="MIDDLE"> program and more information is <A HREF="http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/bolyarchess.htm">here.</A>
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