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65 Square Chess. FIDE chess but pretend there's another square smack dab in the middle.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Abdul-Rahman Sibahi wrote on Mon, Dec 25, 2006 11:57 PM UTC:
/play/pbm/play.php?game%3D65+Square+Chess%26settings%3Dbetterlooking

How about this board? It is easier to visualize what's going on. and if
you never use the * file and rank, it might serve as a normal chess board.
(it uses the number 65 for the square, like e4-65 )

It is a little ugly though. Can use a recolouring.

Jeremy Good wrote on Tue, Dec 26, 2006 08:37 AM UTC:
I appreciate your attempt to represent 65 Square Chess. It certainly does have a certain charm in that it depicts the relationship of the middle four squares perfectly, but perhaps at the expense of other aspects. In 65 Square Chess, f4 connects to e5 and d4 connects to c5. This is not immediately apparent from your board.

Abdul-Rahman Sibahi wrote on Fri, Jul 6, 2007 10:26 PM UTC:
Great minds think alike.

http://www.chessvariants.com/41.dir/familymatters/index.html

(zzo38) A. Black wrote on Sun, Jan 16, 2011 02:43 AM UTC:
Are pieces moving out of Z5 required to be using diagonal moves? Is a pawn on Z5 stuck unless it can capture? Can a knight on Z5 ever move again?

Jeremy Good wrote on Mon, Dec 22, 2014 01:48 PM UTC:
Thanks for the questions. I've updated and slightly revised the variant to answer them.

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