Grand Chess starting setup. Marshals are on f2/f9; cardinals are on g2/g9.
Grand Chess is a large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984.[1][2] It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having two additional pawns and two new pieces: the marshal and the cardinal.
The marshal (M) combines powers of a rook and a knight.
The cardinal (C) combines powers of a bishop and a knight.
Grand Chess uses the same pieces as the earlier variant Capablanca chess, but differs in board size, start position, rules governing pawn moves and promotion, and castling.
A series of Grand Chess Cyber World Championship matches was sponsored by the Dutch game site Mindsports.[a] Grand Chess tournaments were held annually beginning in 1998 by the (now defunct) correspondence game club NOST.[b] Larry Kaufman has written that Grand Chess "really is an excellent game and deserves a bigger following".[3]
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
^Bodlaender, Hans; Brown, John William. "Christian Freeling's Grand Chess". The Chess Variant Pages. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
^Dylan Loeb McClain (2007-08-19). "Giraffes, Viziers and Wizards: Variations on the Old Game". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
^Kaufman, Larry. "No Subject". Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. So Grand chess, despite its meager following, scores an amazing 6 1/4 out of 8 on my criteria, by far the best so far. It really is an excellent game and deserves a bigger following.
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The marshal (M) combines powers of a rook and a knight.
The cardinal (C) combines powers of a bishop and a knight.
