Louis P. D'Autremont's
Angel Chess
a bellicose variant
Louis
P. D'Autremont's
Angel Chess
a bellicose variant
Angel Chess is played on
an unusual 9x8 board. The pieces move as in orthochess, with the exception of
the additional piece, the "Angel", placed beside the king. The Angel
combines the powers of a queen and a knight. It is much stronger than a queen.
When castling on the queenside the king jumps three steps. An important special
rule: an Angel may not capture an Angel if the piece is visually guarded. The
piece counts as guarded even if the player cannot capture back due to exposure
of the king (this is a simplification of D'Autremont's rule). Notice that
white's and black's bishops cannot meet.
This is an interesting
concept. The players' bishops move on different colours, which will create an
aggressive game. The party who first launches a king attack has good chances of
winning. The opponent's bishop diagonals cannot easily be defended. As the
Angels cannot be exchanged an attacking game cannot be avoided. Angels can
achieve mate without assistance of any other piece.
Angel Chess was
invented by
Reference
The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess
Variants, 2007.
 You can download my free Angel
Chess program
here (updated 2007-08-10),
but you must own the software
Zillions of Games to be able to
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