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Grand Chess
Chess variant played on a 10x10 board
Grand Chess is a large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984.[1][2] It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having two additional pawns and two new pieces: the marshal and the cardinal.
- The marshal (M) combines powers of a rook and a knight.
- The cardinal (C) combines powers of a bishop and a knight.
Grand Chess uses the same pieces as the earlier variant Capablanca chess, but differs in board size, start position, rules governing pawn moves and promotion, and castling.
A series of Grand Chess Cyber World Championship matches was sponsored by the Dutch game site Mindsports.[lower-alpha 1] Grand Chess tournaments were held annually beginning in 1998 by the (now defunct) correspondence game club NOST.[lower-alpha 2] Larry Kaufman has written that Grand Chess "really is an excellent game and deserves a bigger following".[3]