The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants

Round Table Chess

on the CirSquare II Game Board

The CirSquare II game board was developed mainly for two players for Round Table Chess played with the Archers and Catapults or with 4 Knights and 4 Bishops per player. The board is has more squares-144 instead of 92. This gives more room to maneuver the additional chess pieces. I prefer the third and fourth set of chess piece arrangements shown below.

Rules

The Rules are the same as for playing Round Table Chess on the CirSquare I board except:

Pawns

12 Pawns per player are used. On any move, a Pawn can advance 1 or 2 spaces. When capturing, a Pawn can only move 1 space diagonally.

Square Numbering

My first attempt at creating a numbering system for the "squares":