![]() Next, at c1, j1, c8, and j8, stands the Bischof or bishop (or "old man" or archer).It moves the same as the modern chess bishop, any number of steps diagonally. At d1, i1, d8, and i8 stands the piece that gave the game its name: the Currier (courier) or Läufer, the runner.On the queen's other side, at h1 and h8, stands a piece known as the Schleich (or sneak, smuggler, spy, or fool) or Trülle (trull), sometimes depicted as a jester, moving one step orthogonally along a rank or file.On the other central file, at g1 and g8, stands the queen, who has the move of the fers (or firzan): one step diagonally in any direction.Next to the king, on e1 and e8, stands the Rath or Mann (or counsellor or henchman), which moves the same as the king, but may be placed or left en prise (attacked by an enemy piece).The same as in modern chess, a king moves one step in any direction, and a player may not place his own king in check. The kings start on squares of their own colour, at f1 and f8.The winning objective is the same as modern chess – to checkmate the enemy king. The more frequent practice seems to be that the square at each player's lower-right is white. Literary and artistic evidence indicate that the board was checkered from the beginning, but that there was no consistency as to which squares were dark. ![]() Initial setupĬourier Chess, position after obligatory starting movesĬourier Chess is played on a board of eight ranks by twelve files. It pioneered the modern chess bishop (called the "courier"), and probably played a part in evolving modern chess out of Medieval Chess. The game was subsequently replaced by a more modern form. The original form probably originated in the 12th century and is known to have been played for at least six hundred years. The following text is extracted from Wikipedia, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License.įor more details and references, please access the original article.Ĭourier Chess (or the Courier Game) is a strategy board game in the chess family. For a start we chose to implement the Wikipedia version of the rules. There might be expert discussions about the Courier Chess rules and we are open to players feedback. White and black pieces for 2D and 3D versions (from left to right): Rules Jocly Courier Chess cheat sheet Pieces Check out Wildebeest Chess, our featured variant for May, 2023.
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