Description
Baroque chess is usually played on a standard 8×8 chessboard with the standard Staunton design of chess pieces.
The rules that follow are widely found on the internet, but other variants exist. A variant popular among students at Cambridge University in 1974 is described on this webpage.
The initial setup of the pieces is the same as in standard chess, except for two things that the players must first decide on - center counter symmetry, and corner counter symmetry.
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