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Quick Chess

Period

Modern

Category Board, War, Replacement, Checkmate, Chess

Description

This game was invented by Joe Miccio in 1991. It is published by Amerigames International, endorsed by Chess Life, and popular on schools in the United States as a game for learning purposes. Sets for this game should be easily available in the United States, and possibly other countries.

Rules

The following rules are additionally used to the chess rules:
- Pawns can only advance one space on their first move. There is no en passant capturing.
- A pawn can only promote to a captured piece.
- There is no castling.
- If 20 moves are played without a capture or promotion, the player with the most `points' on the board wins. (Pawn=1 pt., Bishop/Knight=3, Rook=5, Queen = 9.)

Author

Joe Miccio

Publisher

Amerigames International

Creation date

1991

Ludeme Description

Quick Chess.lud

Concepts

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Reference

www.chessvariants.com

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.1505


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