Modern chess is a chess variant played on a 9x9 board. The game was invented by Gabriel Vicente Maura in 1968.
Besides the usual set of chess pieces, each player has an additional piece with a corresponding pawn:
- a Prime Minister that moves as both a bishop and a knight.
Otherwise, the standard rules of chess still apply, with the objective being to checkmate the opponent's king. The king piece must be moved out of check when it is placed in check. If escape is not possible, the game is lost. A player still may resign at any point in the game, and en passant is legal.
Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or chess:
“I know this, and I know it from actual experience in the Orient, that the progress of modern Christian civilization has largely depended on the earnest hard work of the Christian missions of every denomination.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the one she believes suits the character and situation best. There’s an aspect of the rehearsing actress about the girl on the verge of her teens. Playfully, she is starting to try out ways to be a grown-up person.”
—Stella Chess (20th century)