Board games
grand chess
(Self-Published), 1987
grand chess is a board game published by (Self-Published) in 1987. It is played with 2 players and in about 60 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 60
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The box
- Publishers
- (Self-Published), GAMES Magazine, Musketeer Chess
- Designer
- Christian Freeling
- Year of release
- 1987
- Official website
- mindsports.nl
About the game
Grand Chess is a large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984. It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having two additional pawns and two new pieces: the marshal and the cardinal.
The marshal (M) combines powers of a rook and a knight.
The cardinal (C) combines powers of a bishop and a knight.
Grand Chess uses the same pieces as the earlier variant Capablanca chess, but differs in board size, start position, rules governing pawn moves and promotion, and castling.
A series of Grand Chess Cyber World Championship matches was sponsored by the Dutch game site MindSports. Grand Chess tournaments were held annually beginning in 1998 by the (now defunct) correspondence game club NOST. Larry Kaufman has written that Grand Chess "really is an excellent game and deserves a bigger following".More from (Self-Published)
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