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The main purpose of Superchess is to offer mental stimulation through tactics, analysis, calculation, imagination, and memory. The game is designed to reduce quick draws and to create a more dynamic opening phase than traditional chess.
Superchess is played by two opponents with the same thirty-two white and black chess pieces. Players alternate turns, place pieces from outside the board, move pieces already in play, use castling by placement or by normal movement, and may capture through the reserved-right rule when the conditions are met.
The right-hand corner square for each player is white, as in chess. The special layout allows the players to organize pieces outside the 64-board-square area before those pieces enter the game.
Superchess uses the same pieces as traditional chess: kings, queens, rooks, bishops, knights, and pawns.
White moves first. Players alternate one move at a time. A move may be a placement from reserve, a normal board move, a capture, a reserved-right capture, castling, promotion, resignation, or a game-ending checkmate.
A move is the placement or movement of a piece to a legal square. A piece may move to an empty square or capture an opponent piece when the capture is legal. Castling by rook placement is treated as one move and is recorded as 0-0 or 0-0-0.
Except when castling, the king moves to any adjacent square that is not attacked by an opponent piece. The king is never captured; when the king is attacked, the player must answer the check.
The queen may be placed on its original square, d1 for White or d8 for Black, when the player chooses. Once placed, it moves any number of squares horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
The rook may be placed on the board and moves along ranks and files. It also participates in castling by placement or by regular movement when the rules allow it.
The knight moves in an L-shape and may jump over occupied squares. In Superchess, the knight may also be important for reserved-right captures on original knight squares.
The bishop moves diagonally. Bishops should be placed on opposite-colored squares when both are entering play; if one bishop has been captured and the other remains in reserve, the remaining bishop may occupy either color according to the game condition.
Pawns may be placed on legal starting ranks and then move forward as pawns. They capture diagonally, may use en passant when applicable, and promote on the last rank to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color.
A king is in check when one or more opposing pieces attack its square. The player in check must make a legal move that removes the attack.
Checkmate occurs when the player whose king is in check has no legal move to escape. The game ends immediately and the checked player loses.
The reserved right refers to the original imaginary squares of each side’s pieces. If an opponent occupies one of those original squares, the player may capture that piece from reserve with the corresponding piece, provided the reserved-right rule and normal legality conditions are satisfied.
Either player may resign at any time. If Black resigns, the result is 1-0. If White resigns, the result is 0-1.
The game may end in a draw by stalemate, threefold repetition, insufficient material, perpetual check, or another agreed draw condition.
Superchess uses algebraic-style notation with 0 for placement. For example, a knight placed on f3 is recorded as 0-Nf3. Short castling is 0-0 and long castling is 0-0-0.
Common symbols include: ! good move, ? bad move, ?? very bad move, !? interesting move, ?! doubtful move, ± White advantage, ∓ Black advantage, and ∞ unclear position.
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Basic guide to understand how to start and play Superchess.
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Sample game to observe the real flow of play.
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Visual comparison between Superchess and traditional chess.
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