Essedar Chess
This page contains one or more presets for playing a game online with Game Courier, an online server for playing Chess variants by correspondence.
The Essedar, which means chariot warrior, was perhaps the most popular gladiator type in ancient Rome.
Extended castle: when castling the king may jump three squares, but it can also jump two as usual. The rook ends up on its usual square. The extended castling rule makes play on the wings easier to achieve. The king can rapidly take control over the kingside or queenside corner square, and advancement on the wing can occur without putting the king at risk.

and the second is a diagonal collision-move.
Capture occurs orthogonally (red = capture).
In the following preset moves are validated and automated, including Secutor moves, castling and 'en passant', but check, etc., are not parsed. Pieces can be moved by pointing and clicking. When promoting a pawn, it will automatically turn into a Queen. Should you prefer another piece then you must type it manually (e.g., add N a8; capture a7). Use small piece-letters for black. E-mails to your opponent are generated.
Essedar Chess
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See also related variants Dimachaer Chess and Secutor Chess.)
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By M Winther.
Web page created: 2010-02-17. Web page last updated: 2010-02-17