Embassy chess

Embassy chess is a chess variant created in 2005 by Kevin Hill. It borrows the opening setup from Grand Chess by Christian Freeling and adapts it to the 10×8 board. Embassy chess is a non-commercial Capablanca random chess variant that is played on a 10×8 board with two additional pawns per side and two fairy chess pieces: the marshall and the cardinal.[1]

• The marshall moves as both a rook and a knight.
• The cardinal moves as both a bishop and a knight.

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j
8											8
7											7
6											6
5											5
4											4
3											3
2											2
1											1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j

Starting position

The castling in this chess variant is done by king moving 3 spaces in rook direction; see diagram at right. All other rules, such as en passant, are the same as in chess.

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j
8											8
7											7
6											6
5											5
4											4
3											3
2											2
1											1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j

Castling in Embassy chess. White castled king-side, black queen-side.

Computer implementation

There are multiple chess engines, that may play Embassy chess:

• ChessV
• Zillions of Games using a third-party rules file, such as this one
• Sjaak 2 [2]
• Fairy-Stockfish [3]

See also

• Capablanca random chess
• Capablanca chess
• ChessV
• Zillions of Games
• Grand chess

References

1. Embassy chess rules by Filip Rachunek.
2. http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html
3. https://github.com/ianfab/Fairy-Stockfish

External links

• Game Courier | Embassy Chess
• ChessV
• BrainKing - a server where one can play Embassy Chess.
• CRC | material values of pieces