x-Chess: The First Mutant Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Setup
• Rules

Setup

Each player has 05 Pawns, 02 Rooks, 02 Archbishops, and 01 King. There are no Queens, Bishops, or Knights.

White pieces: Pawns fill the row from A2 to E2; Rooks are placed on A1 and E1; Archbishops, B1 and D1; King goes on C1.

Black pieces: mirror the white pieces.

Rules

1. Archbishops move like a bishop or a knight. Although they cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a bishop, they may do so when moving as a knight. They can checkmate all by themselves.
2. Castling is not allowed.
3. Pawns cannot perform two-step moves as in regular Chess. Therefore, there is no en passant.
4. Pawns can be promoted only to higher pieces already captured by your opponent. If there are no higher pieces available to proceed with the promotion, pawns cannot move to the last row of the board.
5. The first player to checkmate their opponent wins.