Playfair Chess

Queens, Rooks, Bishops, and Knights can teleport to any empty square but capture using their normal patterns.

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How It Works

Teleporting Pieces

Queens, Rooks, Bishops, Knights

  • Can move to any empty square
  • Must capture using normal patterns
  • Creates ~240 legal moves per turn (vs ~20 in standard chess)

Normal Pieces

Kings, Pawns

  • Move exactly as in standard chess
  • Castling, en passant, promotion all work normally
  • Check, checkmate, stalemate unchanged