Caïssa Britannia

Invented by: Fergus Duniho, 2003

A variant with a British theme, a royal Queen that cannot slide through check, and Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons (heraldic animals for England, Scotland, and Wales)

Game hierarchy

• Game
    • Generic Chess
        • Generic x10
            • Generic 10x10
                • Caïssa Britannia

Board

FEN: drubqkburd/1l6l1/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/1L6L1/DRUBQKBURD w - - 0 1

Piece Types

Internal NameNameNotationAdded ByNotes
KingKingKGeneric Chess 
PawnPawnPGeneric Chessen passant; can promote; pawn structure evaluation
QueenQueenQCaïssa Britanniaroyal
RookRookRCaïssa Britanniaopen file bonus
Cannon*LionLCaïssa Britannia 
KnightKnightNCaïssa Britanniaoutpost bonus
Dragon HorseBishopBCaïssa Britannia 
UnicornUnicornUCaïssa Britannia 
DragonDCaïssa Britannia 
* indicates the internal type has been modified

Game Variables

Name = "Caïssa Britannia"
Invented = "2003"
InventedBy = "Fergus Duniho"
NumberOfSquareColors = 3
FENFormat = "{array} {current player} {castling} {en-passant} {half-move clock} {turn number}"
FENStart = "#{Array} w #default #default 0 1"
Array = "drubqkburd/1l6l1/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/1L6L1/DRUBQKBURD"
DeduplicateMoves = false
StaticExchangeEvaluation = false

Declared in Generic Chess:

StalemateResult = Draw
PromotionRule = Custom
PromotionTypes = ""
BareKing = false
EnPassant = true
PromotingType = null
CastlingType = King

Declared in Generic x10:

PawnMultipleMove = Grand

Declared in Generic 10x10:

Castling = None

Rules

MoveCompletionDefaultRule
EnPassantRule
CheckmateRule
Move50Rule
ComplexPromotionRule
RepetitionDrawRule

Evaluations

PawnStructureEvaluation
DevelopmentEvaluation
LowMaterialEvaluation
RookTypeEvaluation
OutpostEvaluation

 
 

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