Janus chess

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Janus Chess , also super chess called, is a chess variant in 10 x 8 fields, which uses an additional figure: The Janus .

Black and white Janus with basic position and instructions
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Janus chess board with pieces
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Moving possibilities of a Janus

The Janus is placed between the knight and the rook and moves like a combination of bishop and knight. This piece corresponds to the archbishop or cardinal in various other chess variants. The larger board creates an additional 16 fields (i1 to i8 and j1 to j8). The fields i2, j2 as well as i7 and j7 are filled with pawns.

On the starting grid, the white queen stands to the right of the white king and the black queen to the left of the black king. Unlike other 10x8 chess variants, the king moves to the B or I line in castling. The corresponding tower is placed on the C or H line.

Due to his combination of both moves, Janus is the only piece able to checkmate the opposing king on his own (see illustration). However, he cannot force mate without further assistance.

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Checkmate by Janus

Janusschach was invented by Werner Schöndorf in 1978 and made popular in Saarland . The players of Janusschach are in the European Janusschachverein 1999 e. V. organizes and host tournaments every year.

Well-known chess grandmasters who played Janus chess are Viktor Kortschnoi , Péter Lékó and Artur Jussupow . Even Wolfgang Unzicker played super chess and defeated Korchnoi 2-1.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ janusschach.de
  2. ↑ Super chess makes great friends . In: Schach Magazin , 64, 3/79, p. 18