Diplomat chess same happens when both kings are the only remaining pieces on the board. The board consists of three concentric circles with 14 cells each and a center cell. The pieces are identical to those in orthodox chess with the following exceptions: An extra piece called the "diplomat" is added. The horse is the same as the knight in orthodox chess. There is no queen. White: Black: White moves first. In general, the pieces move as in orthodox chess, with the center (cell 4) being considered orthogonal "and" diagonal to every adjacent cell. Pawns move one step orthogonally forward and capture
Rules of chess procedure for determining who plays White. Instead, this decision is left open to tournament-specific rules (e.g. a Swiss system tournament or Round-robin tournament) or, in the case of non-competitive play, mutual agreement, in which case some kind of random choice is often employed. A common method is for one player to conceal a piece (usually a pawn) of each color in either hand; the other player chooses a hand to open, and receives the color of the piece that is revealed. Each type of chess piece has its own method of movement. A piece moves to a vacant square except