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Chess in a Cylindrical Board - but glued in a non-stardard way

This variant is more similar to Circular Chess then to Cylindrical Chess. The board is glued "behind" the King's lines, with the addition of an extra line of pawns and 4 empty lines.

	       Black
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
14| P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | 0
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
13|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |-1        The 15th line is identical
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+          to the 1st, in other words,
12|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |-2        the 9th line is the -5th.
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
11|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |-3        White's pawns in the 2nd line
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+          or Black's pawns in the 9th
10|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |-4        (or -5th) move forward.
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 9| p | p | p | p | p | p | p | p |-5        White's pawns in the 0th
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+          (14th) or Black's pawns in
 8| r | n | b | q | k | b | n | r | 8        the 7th line move backwards.
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 7| p | p | p | p | p | p | p | p | 7
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 6|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 6
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 5|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 5
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+   
 4|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 4
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+   
 3|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 3
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+   
 2| P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | 2
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+   
 1| R | N | B | Q | K | B | N | R | 1
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
	     White

All other rules (castling, en-passant, promotion, etc) apply.

A sample game could be:

1-   e4     e11
2-   Bc4    Bc11
3-   Qh5    Ne9 [defending f7!]

This variant can lead to subvariants, or similar games:

Toroidal Chess, if the a and h columns are glued.
Moebius Chess, if the glueing between the 11th/12th lines (or -3rd/-2nd) was done after a switching, so that a11 would glue to h12, etc.

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WWW page created: October 6, 1997.

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Chess in a Cylindrical Board - but glued in a non-stardard way

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