Cheskers

Cheskers is a variant of checkers invented by Solomon Golomb in 1948.[1][2]

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Start position
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Moves without the capture

Contents

Rules

Pieces

Promotion

When a pawn reaches the last row of the board its move is ended, and the pawn can promote to king, bishop or camel.

Starting position

Black moves first.

Victory conditions

The player that captures all opponents kings wins the game. Also, a player that is stalemated (cannot move) loses the game.

References

  1. ^ Chess Variants.
  2. ^ Pritchard, D.B. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Surrey, UK: Games and Puzzles Publications. ISBN 0-9524142-0-1.