Paulovits's Game

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10 a10 black rook b10 black knight c10 black bishop d10 black upside-down bishop e10 black upside-down king f10 black queen g10 black king h10 black bishop i10 black knight j10 black rook 10
9 a9 black pawn b9 black pawn c9 black pawn d9 black pawn e9 black pawn f9 black pawn g9 black pawn h9 black pawn i9 black pawn j9 black pawn 9
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2 a2 white pawn b2 white pawn c2 white pawn d2 white pawn e2 white pawn f2 white pawn g2 white pawn h2 white pawn i2 white pawn j2 white pawn 2
1 a1 white rook b1 white knight c1 white bishop d1 white upside-down bishop e1 white upside-down king f1 white queen g1 white king h1 white bishop i1 white knight j1 white rook 1
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Paulovits's Game. Starting position.

Paulovits's Game is a chess variant on a 10×10 chess board, designed by István Paulovits, around 1890. It was described in the book Dames de Paulovits and in the Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants (2007). Paulovits's Game differs from western chess in that two new ranks are introduced in between the armies and two new files in between the queen's bishop and the queen. The new files hold respectively a pasha and a general with a pawn in front. The general and pasha both have about the same value as a rook.

Rules

The pasha jumps one or two squares in all eight orthogonal and diagonal directions and is thus a bit like a very short queen. The general has the moves of a mann and a camel, that is it can jump to the eight adjacent squares or to the opposite corner of a 2×4 rectangle. Pawns can make an initial three-step move and a king castles by moving either two squares king-side or four squares queen-side.

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c6 black circle
e6 black circle
g6 black circle
d5 black cross
e5 black cross
f5 black cross
c4 black circle
d4 black cross
e4 white elephant
f4 black cross
g4 black circle
d3 black cross
e3 black cross
f3 black cross
c2 black circle
e2 black circle
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The moving of pasha.
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d7 black circle
f7 black circle
b5 black circle
d5 black cross
e5 black cross
f5 black cross
h5 black circle
d4 black cross
e4 white upside-down king
f4 black cross
b3 black circle
d3 black cross
e3 black cross
f3 black cross
h3 black circle
d1 black circle
f1 black circle
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The moving of general.
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b7 black cross
c7 black circle
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e3 black cross
f3 black circle
g3 black cross
f2 white pawn
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The moving of pawn.

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