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Capablanca Chess

Capablanca Chess

(Web published)
20 min0+ yrs4.0/5 complexity5.8 BGG19KidsCouplesStrategy
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From Wikipedia: Capablanca Chess is a chess variant played on a 10x8 board. The game is named after its inventor, the former world chess champion, José Raúl Capablanca.

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From Wikipedia: Capablanca Chess is a chess variant played on a 10x8 board. The game is named after its inventor, the former world chess champion, José Raúl Capablanca. Capablanca thought that chess would be played out in a few decades, that games between chess grandmasters would always end in a draw. This danger of "draw death" was a main motivation for him to create a more complex and rich version of chess.

Besides the usual set of chess pieces, each player has additionally two new pieces with corresponding pawns: Chancellor: a chancellor combines the moves of a Rook or a Knight; Archbishop: an archbishop combines moves of a Bishop and a Knight.

The new pieces have properties that enrich the game. For example, the archbishop can checkmate a bare king by itself (king in a corner, archbishop placed diagonally with one square in between). Capablanca thought that adding these two powerful pieces would reduce the likelihood of a draw and make the game itself more interesting.

You can play Capablanca Chess online on Jocly website: https://www.jocly.com/

Other Sister Chess variants are: Bird's Chess, Seirawan Chess, Musketeer Chess, Carrera Chess, Gothic Chess, Janus Chess http://www.musketeerchess.net/

game anatomy
Complexity4.0 / 5
BGG rating5.8 / 10
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KidsCouplesStrategy
Play time
0 min
Players
2
Recommended age
0+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Capablanca Chess?
Capablanca Chess is a abstract strategy game, for 2 players, taking ~0 minutes, featuring grid movement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Capablanca Chess — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Capablanca Chess support?
Capablanca Chess is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Capablanca Chess take?
A game of Capablanca Chess takes about 0 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Capablanca Chess for?
Capablanca Chess is recommended from age 0.
Q7How complex is Capablanca Chess?
Capablanca Chess has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 4.0 out of 5.
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