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   Chess on a really big board (1996)

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Who is this game suitable for?

Suitable for ages 0 and up. You can play with 2 to 2 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Grid Movement, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Pattern Movement, Square Grid, Static Capture und Sudden Death Ending...

Game Data

Average time to play: 0
Minimum age: 0
Number of players: 2
Publisher: (Web published)
Designers: Ralph Betza
Artists: Unknown
Mechanics: Grid Movement, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Pattern Movement, Square Grid, Static Capture, Sudden Death Ending
Durchschnitt: 0.0 (0 Bewertungen )
Chess on a really big board is a large chess variant invented by Ralph Betza in 1996. The rules are the same as in regular chess except for these changes: Instead of a basic chessboard, in this the board is 16×16 squares. Therefore, starting position is changed. Added 8 fairy pieces and 8 extra pawns for each player. Extended pawn movement: an unmoved pawn can move one step, up to the middle of the board (in the case of the 16×16 board, the eighth rank), or anything in between. Once it has moved for the first time, it can only make one step at a time. En passant can be done on any of the squares pawn has passed through. In castling, the rook moves the same distance as it does in chess. Thus, the king moves further (to the space right behind the rook) The 50-move rule becomes a 100-move rule.

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Last Updated: 2025-08-04 07:00:39 UTC

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