Corridor Chess

Invented by: Tony Paletta, 1980

Standard Chess with a different setup and no castling
Players often fight for control of the outside files

Game hierarchy

• Game
    • Generic Chess
        • Generic x8
            • Generic 8x8
                • Chess
                    • Corridor Chess

Board

FEN: 1nrqkrn1/2b2b2/1pppppp1/8/8/1PPPPPP1/2B2B2/1NRQKRN1 w - - 0 1

Piece Types

Internal NameNameNotationAdded ByNotes
KingKingKGeneric Chessroyal
PawnPawnPGeneric Chesscan promote; en passant; pawn structure evaluation
RookRookRChessopen file bonus; trap king on back rank bonus
BishopBishopBChesscolorbinding evaluation; outpost bonus
KnightKnightNChessoutpost bonus
QueenQueenQChesstrap king on back rank bonus

Game Variables

Name = "Corridor Chess"
Invented = "1980"
InventedBy = "Tony Paletta"
NumberOfSquareColors = 2
FENFormat = "{array} {current player} {castling} {en-passant} {half-move clock} {turn number}"
FENStart = "#{Array} w #default #default 0 1"
Array = "1nrqkrn1/2b2b2/1pppppp1/8/8/1PPPPPP1/2B2B2/1NRQKRN1"
DeduplicateMoves = false
StaticExchangeEvaluation = true

Declared in Generic Chess:

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

Declared in Generic x8:

PawnDoubleMove = true

Declared in Generic 8x8:

Castling = None

Rules

MoveCompletionDefaultRule
BasicPromotionRule
EnPassantRule
CheckmateRule
Move50Rule
RepetitionDrawRule

Evaluations

PawnStructureEvaluation
DevelopmentEvaluation
LowMaterialEvaluation
ColorbindingEvaluation
RookTypeEvaluation
OutpostEvaluation

 
 

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