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Dice chess is a Chess Variant in which the moves available to each player are determined by rolling a pair of ordinary six-sided Dice . Several different versions of dice chess are known, one of which is described here. RULES The players alternate rolling the dice and, if possible, moving. On each of the dice, the one represents a Pawn , two a Knight , three a Bishop , four a Rook , five a Queen , and six a King . The player may move either of the pieces indicated on the two dice. For example, a player rolling a one and a two may move either a pawn or a knight. A player who rolls doubles (the same number on both dice) may play any legal move. Otherwise, standard Chess rules apply, with these exceptions:
SAMPLE GAME Here is a sample game of dice chess. White rolls doubles, allowing her to play any move, and selects 1.e4. Black rolls a two and a three; no bishop move being possible, he plays 1...Nc6. White rolls a three and a four, and plays 2.Bc4. Black rolls a four and a five; since no queen move is possible, he must play the only legal rook move, 2...Rb8. White rolls a three and a six, and plays 3.Bxf7+. Black rolls a two and a four; since no knight or rook move is a legal response to the check, he must pass. (Only a six, or doubles, would have allowed him to move.) White rolls a two and a four, and chooses 4.Nh3. (A three or five would have enabled an immediate win with 4.Bxe8, 4.Qf3# or 4.Qh5#). Black rolls a one and a three; again, this does not allow a legal response to the check, so he must pass. White rolls a two and a four, and plays 5.Ng5#. (See final position at right.) VARIANTS ON THESE RULES There is no standard set of rules for Dice Chess, and so games called 'Dice Chess' may have different rules to the ones given here. For example, the 'dice chess' given on the BrainKing site {Link without Title}
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