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Chess variant


Short rookSuperqueenShort rook RookQueenRook

Chess variant with fairy chess pieces: the white queen is replaced by a superqueen, which can also make a knight-move, and the white rooks are short rooks, which can move at most four squares at once. Black has the usual set of pieces.

Superqueen = Queen + KnightShort rook = Rook ≤ 4

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

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Inventor

Ralph Betza[ChV.com]

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