Square Root Chess
Stairchess is a chess variant designed by M in 2023. The game is played on an unusual ladder-alike chess board and uses stand chess equipment.
Setup
The coordinate system that applies to this board is the same as in standard chess, with the only remark that columns visually turn into diagonals.
Rules
Rules remain the same as in FIDE Chess with the only remark that pawns become 'inverted' and move like Berolina Pawns, which essentially makes sense following the board's shape.
Notes
I'm not sure if this game was described before (aside from Sergey Sirotkin's Ladder Chess) and do not really consider it original, yet it seems to me that it would have enough fun to play it, since everything about it remains the same, yet the whole game feels completely different.
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By Max Koval.
Web page created: 2023-11-15. Web page last updated: 2024-04-23