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Chess variant on an infinity-symbol shaped board; as if we had bent a 18x4 sized strip and glued to its two sides.

Otherwise the rules of chess apply, with the following differences:

• The two pawn groups move in different directions, both towards the opponent's base.
• Pawns promote just before the dashed lines. (These lines have no other meaning.)
• There is no castling.
• Null-moves that do not change the position are not allowed: a queen or a rook cannot make a full round to move back to its starting field.

Notes

The rook and the queen is way more valueable than the other pieces, because these pieces can move along a very long path, morover if they stand in the middle of the board, they are able to control two parallel paths. The bishop is much less valueable as the diagonals are often short on this board. See also: Value of pieces.

Similar variants

• Circular Chess
• Cross Chess

External link

• ChessVariants.com: Infinite Chess [dead link]