Cross Chess stalemate are as in standard chess. However a pawn has no initial two-step option, and a rook can make a one-step diagonal move. Bibliography Cross Chess Cross Chess is a chess variant invented by George R. Dekle, Sr. in 1982. The game is played on a board comprising 61 cross-shaped cells, with players each having an extra rook, knight, and pawn in addition to the standard number of chess pieces. Pieces move in the context of a gameboard with hexagonal cells, but Cross Chess has its own definition of and . Cross Chess was included in "World Game Review" No.
Chess with different armies armies: the "Fabulous FIDEs", which are the standard chess pieces, the "Colorbound Clobberers", the "Nutty Knights", and the "Remarkable Rookies". All armies are designed to be equal in strength, but have significantly different properties. Kings and pawns move the same as in chess for all armies. Pawns can only promote to pieces of either army on the board at the start. Castling is done as in standard chess with the exception of the case when the rook replacement is colorbound, like in the "Colorbound Clobberers" army. In the latter case the king when castling long moves to b1 and the