Numerous improvements to standard Chess that preserve its original piece set but not its opening setup (or any portion thereof) are demonstrated.
Having pairs of light-spaced and dark-spaced bishops that can work in a mutually supportive manner enhances the tactical capabilities for this piece within the game.
There are variants with 5 types of pawns: 2-step pawns (standard), 1-step pawns, ortho pawns, lateral pawns and horizon pawns (convertible to 3-direction advance pawns).
There are variants with 2 types of move orders: white-black (standard) and white-black-black-white.
There are 20 variants total distributed in 2 game rules files (*.zrf). The bishops-no.zrf is for variants without self-captures allowed (standard). The bishops-yes.zrf is for variants with self-captures allowed.
I welcome thoughtful, constructive correspondence from anyone.
Supreme thanks to the principal architects of the Zillions program for making all dreams possible.
OmegaMan |
