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       Ecclesiastical chess
       By: Harsinquin Date: August 15, 2020, 11:45 pm
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       I was reading some stuff about chess history, and I noticed that
       the church had apparently condemned chess, so I wondered what
       would’ve happened if they hadn’t. That is the base idea for this
       chess which was inspired by the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the
       Roman Catholic Church.
       Board: 16x12
       Pieces:
       Laity o1x>, c1> promotes to Cleric
       Cleric o1x, c1+
       Deacon 2x
       Priest ~2x
       Pastor ^2x
       Archdeacon ^2x
       Bishop nx
       Archbishop o(nx).~2-
       Metropolitan nx(bounce edges)
       Cardinal nx+
       Pope 1x+
       Goal: leave the opposing pope without a way to get out of being
       threatened or leave the opponent without a legal move
       Rules: once per game the pope is allowed to switch with a laity
       as long as said laity is not being threatened.
       The laities promote to clerics if they reach the opposition’s
       second rank.
       A pope may not threatened a pope.
       Pastor will not be allowed to jump a piece if there is a piece
       in the square it lands on. (This rule only applies to pastor)
       Setup:
       D
       L
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       L
       D
       Notes: I couldn’t get the grid to show for the setup. I used
       Parlett’s movement notation to describe the way the pieces moved
       and I used - to signify that the pice must move in the same
       direction it was moving prior.
       Please ask any questions you’d like.
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