Bird's Chess

Invented by: Henry Bird, 1874

Game hierarchy

• Game
    • Generic Chess
        • Generic x8
            • Generic 10x8
                • Capablanca Chess
                    • Bird's Chess

Board

FEN: rnbgqkebnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNBGQKEBNR w KQkq - 0 1

Piece Types

Internal NameNameNotationAdded ByNotes
KingKingKGeneric Chessroyal; can castle
PawnPawnPGeneric Chesscan promote; en passant; pawn structure evaluation
QueenQueenQCapablanca Chesstrap king on back rank bonus
RookRookRCapablanca Chesscastling partner; open file bonus; trap king on back rank bonus
BishopBishopBCapablanca Chesscolorbinding evaluation; outpost bonus
KnightKnightNCapablanca Chessoutpost bonus
ArchbishopEquerryECapablanca Chess 
ChancellorGuardGCapablanca Chessopen file bonus; trap king on back rank bonus

Game Variables

Name = "Bird's Chess"
Invented = "1874"
InventedBy = "Henry Bird"
NumberOfSquareColors = 2
FENFormat = "{array} {current player} {castling} {en-passant} {half-move clock} {turn number}"
FENStart = "#{Array} w #default #default 0 1"
Array = "rnbgqkebnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNBGQKEBNR"
DeduplicateMoves = false
StaticExchangeEvaluation = true

Declared in Generic Chess:

StalemateResult = Draw
PromotionRule = Standard
PromotionTypes = "QGERBN"
BareKing = false
EnPassant = true
PromotingType = Pawn
CastlingType = King

Declared in Generic x8:

PawnDoubleMove = true

Declared in Generic 10x8:

Castling = Standard

Rules

MoveCompletionDefaultRule
BasicPromotionRule
EnPassantRule
CheckmateRule
Move50Rule
CastlingRule
RepetitionDrawRule

Evaluations

PawnStructureEvaluation
DevelopmentEvaluation
LowMaterialEvaluation
ColorbindingEvaluation
RookTypeEvaluation
OutpostEvaluation
KingSafetyEvaluation

 
 

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