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Modern Courier Chess article. An article from Variant Chess discussing the game. (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, Jan 19, 2004 09:12 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★It's great to see more symmetry put into the game, with both armies having a Ferz for each square colour, and Alibabas combining the traditional Elephant move with a move doubling the squares covered without detracting from the pieces's character.
From an old game log of this variant, in which Alexander Trotter was one of the players:
'...the pieces on the c and j files [are] couriers [that] jump to the second square in any direction [i.e. orthogonal or diagonal]... The ferz' [if previously unmoved] have the option of moving, just once, like a courier [called 'Courier leap']. One other rule is that the king can also move, once in a game, two squares in a turn like a knight or courier.'
Regarding the last sentence, I (Kevin Pacey) would assume that a king has to be previously unmoved to perform a king's leap, and that said king cannot be in check.
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