Courier Chess
Dating back to at least 1202, this very popular game was played for six hundred years
Game hierarchy
• Game
• Generic Chess
• Generic x8
• Generic 12x8
• Courier Chess
Board
FEN: rnbcmk1scbnr/1ppppp1pppp1/6q5/p5p4p/P5P4P/6Q5/1PPPPP1PPPP1/RNBCMK1SCBNR w - - 0 1
Piece Types
| Internal Name | Name | Notation | Added By | Notes |
| King | King | K | Generic Chess | royal |
| Pawn | Pawn | P | Generic Chess | can promote; en passant; pawn structure evaluation |
| Wazir | Schleich | S | Courier Chess | |
| Rook | Rook | R | Courier Chess | open file bonus; trap king on back rank bonus |
| Bishop | Courier | C | Courier Chess | colorbinding evaluation; outpost bonus |
| Knight | Knight | N | Courier Chess | outpost bonus |
| Ferz | Queen | Q | Courier Chess | colorbinding evaluation; trap king on back rank bonus |
| Elephant | Bischof | B | Courier Chess | |
| King | Mann | M | Courier Chess | |
Game Variables
Name = "Courier Chess"
Invented = "1200s"
InventedBy = "Unknown"
NumberOfSquareColors = 2
FENFormat = "{array} {current player} {castling} {en-passant} {half-move clock} {turn number}"
FENStart = "#{Array} w #default #default 0 1"
Array = "rnbcmk1scbnr/1ppppp1pppp1/6q5/p5p4p/P5P4P/6Q5/1PPPPP1PPPP1/RNBCMK1SCBNR"
DeduplicateMoves = false
StaticExchangeEvaluation = true
Declared in Generic Chess:
StalemateResult = Draw
PromotionRule = Standard
PromotionTypes = "Q"
BareKing = false
EnPassant = true
PromotingType = Pawn
CastlingType = King
Declared in Generic x8:
PawnDoubleMove = false
Declared in Generic 12x8:
Castling = None
Rules
MoveCompletionDefaultRule
BasicPromotionRule
EnPassantRule
CheckmateRule
Move50Rule
RepetitionDrawRule
Evaluations
PawnStructureEvaluation
DevelopmentEvaluation
LowMaterialEvaluation
ColorbindingEvaluation
RookTypeEvaluation
OutpostEvaluation
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