ZZ-CHESS

© Laurent Dubois 2004

Here is a variant-extension of chess: playing chess on a draught board with the addition of a piece: the "zig-zag", which can move as many cases as one wants horizontally or vertically zigzagging.

zig for white cases, zag for black cases (just for fun)

Specificities: enlarged board and additional piece:    

constant: same rules

Contrary to most variants, this one allows competitions and take place in the natural evolution of the game.

 

 

Click on the board or here to download the .doc demo

 

 

 

 

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a     b    c     d    e    f     g     h    i     j

 

 

 

 

or, in order to keep the traditional pieces in their traditional case color:

 

 

zz possible movements :

 

 

 

 

It appears that “zz” is the blind resurgence of the “Boyscout / Crooked Bishop”!

 

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