Paulovits's game

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10a10 black rookb10 black knightc10 black bishopd10 black upside-down bishope10 black upside-down kingf10 black queeng10 black kingh10 black bishopi10 black knightj10 black rook10
9a9 black pawnb9 black pawnc9 black pawnd9 black pawne9 black pawnf9 black pawng9 black pawnh9 black pawni9 black pawnj9 black pawn9
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7a7b7c7d7e7f7g7h7i7j77
6a6b6c6d6e6f6g6h6i6j66
5a5b5c5d5e5f5g5h5i5j55
4a4b4c4d4e4f4g4h4i4j44
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2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 white pawnf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawni2 white pawnj2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white upside-down bishope1 white upside-down kingf1 white queeng1 white kingh1 white bishopi1 white knightj1 white rook1
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Starting position

Paulovits's game is a chess variant on a 10×10 chess board, designed by István Paulovits, around 1890. It was described in the book Dames de Paulovits and in the Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants (2007). Paulovits's game differs from western chess in that two new ranks are introduced in between the armies and two new files in between the queen's bishop and the queen. The new files hold respectively a pasha and a general with a pawn in front. The general and pasha both have about the same value as a rook.

Rules

The pasha jumps one or two squares in all eight orthogonal and diagonal directions and is thus a bit like a very short queen which can leap over other pieces. The general has the moves of a mann and a camel, that is it can jump to the eight adjacent squares or to the opposite corner of a 2×4 rectangle. Pawns can make an initial three-step move and a king castles by moving either two squares king-side or four squares queen-side.

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8a8b8c8d8e8f8g8h88
7a7b7c7d7e7f7g7h77
6a6b6c6 black circled6e6 black circlef6g6 black circleh66
5a5b5c5d5 black crosse5 black crossf5 black crossg5h55
4a4b4c4 black circled4 black crosse4 white upside-down bishopf4 black crossg4 black circleh44
3a3b3c3d3 black crosse3 black crossf3 black crossg3h33
2a2b2c2 black circled2e2 black circlef2g2 black circleh22
1a1b1c1d1e1f1g1h11
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The moving of pasha (Betza notation WFDA)
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7a7b7c7d7 black circlee7f7 black circleg7h77
6a6b6c6d6e6f6g6h66
5a5b5 black circlec5d5 black crosse5 black crossf5 black crossg5h5 black circle5
4a4b4c4d4 black crosse4 white upside-down kingf4 black crossg4h44
3a3b3 black circlec3d3 black crosse3 black crossf3 black crossg3h3 black circle3
2a2b2c2d2e2f2g2h22
1a1b1c1d1 black circlee1f1 black circleg1h11
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The moving of general (Betza notation WFL)
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8a8b8c8d8e8f8g8h88
7a7b7 black crossc7 black circled7 black crosse7f7g7h77
6a6b6c6 white pawnd6e6f6g6h66
5a5b5c5d5e5f5 black circleg5h55
4a4b4c4d4e4f4 black circleg4h44
3a3b3c3d3e3 black crossf3 black circleg3 black crossh33
2a2b2c2d2e2f2 white pawng2h22
1a1b1c1d1e1f1g1h11
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The moving of pawn

References


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