Community variant

8x7 chess

Chess on a 8x7 board.

This is a user-catalogued casual variant. Technical details such as board size, FEN, pieces, and hand rules are defined in the Fairy-Stockfish variants.ini block below.

Uploaded by: zhangsean
Visibility: public
Status: active

Generated rule overview

This variant inherits its base rules from `chess` and overrides the settings shown below.

Board and setup

Default starting position

Pieces and movement

The piece set used on the board is: king (k), queen (q), rook (r), bishop (b), knight (n) and pawn (p).

Move rules

Pawn double-step moves are disabled.

Promotion

Promotions are available in the configured promotion zones. The the promotion region for White is all squares on rank 7 and the promotion region for Black is all squares on rank 1.

Fairy-Stockfish rules

[eightxseven_chess:chess]
variantTemplate = chess
maxRank = 7
maxFile = 8
pawn = p
knight = n
bishop = b
rook = r
queen = q
king = k
startFen = rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1
promotionRegionWhite = *7
promotionRegionBlack = *1
doubleStep = false
castlingRank = 1