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Dragonfly (also known as Shuttle Chess or Bird Chess) is a chess variant invented by Christian Freeling in 1983. There are no Queen (chess), queens, and a captured Bishop (chess), bishop, Knight (chess), knight, or Rook (chess), rook becomes the property of the capturer, who may play it as their own on a turn to any open square. The Board game, board is 7×7 squares, or alternatively a 61-cell hexagon with two additional Pawn (chess), pawns per side.
The game is an offshoot and simplification of a Freeling game named Loonybird (or Dragon Chess). Still, "Play is complex and interesting. Draws are rare too."
Dragonfly on the hex board is played the same as Dragonfly 7×7, except that pieces move and capture as in Hexagonal chess#Gliński's hexagonal chess, Gliński's hexagonal chess (with the exceptions that pawns have no initial double-step option, and castling is permitted).
Official website
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by Hans L. Bodlaender, ''The Chess Variant Pages''
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Dragonfly (also known as Shuttle Chess or Bird Chess) is a chess variant invented by Christian Freeling in 1983. There are no Queen (chess), queens, and a captured Bishop (chess), bishop, Knight (chess), knight, or Rook (chess), rook becomes the property of the capturer, who may play it as their own on a turn to any open square. The Board game, board is 7×7 squares, or alternatively a 61-cell hexagon with two additional Pawn (chess), pawns per side.
The game is an offshoot and simplification of a Freeling game named Loonybird (or Dragon Chess). Still, "Play is complex and interesting. Draws are rare too."
Game rules
The standard rules of chess apply, including winning by checkmate. But Dragonfly follows these special rules: * A bishop, knight, or rook that is captured enters the capturing player's pieces in hand in their White and Black in chess, own color. As a move, a player may drop any one of the pieces they have in hand on any open square (if the move is otherwise legal). Captured pawns do not go in hand and are instead removed from the game. * Pawns do not have an initial double-step option. (So, ''en passant'' is not possible.) A pawn Promotion (chess), promotes when reaching the furthest to any piece of the player's choosing from those currently held in hand by their opponent. (If the opponent has none, then a pawn move to the furthest rank may not be made.) The chosen piece is removed from the opponent's in-hand stock. * Castling is permitted, and normal castling conventions apply, with the king shifting over two squares in either direction. But castling with a dropped rook is not allowed.Dragonfly hex
Dragonfly on the hex board is played the same as Dragonfly 7×7, except that pieces move and capture as in Hexagonal chess#Gliński's hexagonal chess, Gliński's hexagonal chess (with the exceptions that pawns have no initial double-step option, and castling is permitted).
See also
* Crazyhouse * Hexshogi * Shogi * Yari shogi, Yari ShogiReferences
Bibliography * *External links
Official website
MindSports.nl
by Hans L. Bodlaender, ''The Chess Variant Pages''
Zillions of Games
by Ed van Zon
a simple program by Ed Friedlander (Java (programming language), Java) {{Chess variants, state=collapsed Chess variants 1983 in chess Board games introduced in 1983