Very Heavy Chess

More Chess & More than Chess: on-line supplement

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Very Heavy Chess applet

by J-L. Cazaux

    Rule reminder

    Pawns reaching the 10th rank must promote to any of the other non-royal pieces.

    The King can castle with the Rook, and then moves 2 squares in the direction of the latter.

    For playing through the sample game discussed in the book, go to the game viewer.

    Checkmating

    All pieces other than Bishop or Knight can force checkmate on a bare king. You can practice checkmating with them on the 12x10 board here.