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The opening position for Grand chess.

Rules

Grand chess is played on a 10x10 board White moves first. White and black begin the game with 2 Knights (N)
White and black begin the game with 2 Bishops (B)
White and black begin the game with 2 Rooks (R)
White and black begin the game with 1 Queen (Q)
White and black begin the game with 1 Cardinal (C)
White and black begin the game with 1 Marshall (M)
White and black begin the game with 1 King (K)
The King is a royal piece (king). White and black begin the game with 10 Pawns (P)

Objectives

The game is won:

* If the enemy king is check-mated.

The game is a draw:

* If the enemy king is stale-mated.
* If the enemy only has a king left and cannot take your last piece
* If the same position occurs for the third time.
* If no progress has been made for 50 consecutive moves.
* If there is insufficient material to mate the enemy king.

Movement of the pieces

Knight (N)

The Knight moves and captures as a leaper (marked •).
Betza description: N

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Bishop (B)

The Bishop moves and captures as a slider (marked •).
Betza description: B

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B
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Rook (R)

The Rook moves and captures as a slider (marked •).
Betza description: R

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Queen (Q)

The Queen moves and captures as a slider (marked •).
Betza description: Q

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Cardinal (C)

The Cardinal moves and captures as a compound (marked •).
Betza description: BN

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Marshall (M)

The Marshall moves and captures as a compound (marked •).
Betza description: RN

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King (K)

The King moves and captures as a leaper (marked •).
Betza description: K

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Pawn (P)

The Pawn moves as a stepper (marked •).
The Pawn captures as a stepper (marked ×).
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The Pawn cannot move back to the square it came from.
The Pawn can capture en-passant.
The Pawn can promote to a Knight, Bishop, Rook, Queen, Cardinal or Marshall.

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