Community variant

Shinobi minus

Variant based on Shinobi+, but White (Pink) has more improved, promoteless minor pieces in the pocket, except for the wooden horse which remains unchanged.

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: Videocatter
Visibility: public
Status: active

Generated rule overview

This variant inherits its base rules from `shinobiplus` 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), promoteless pawn (without double step) (p), captain (c), wooden horse (h), monk (m) and lance (l).
captain (c) is a custom piece with Betza movement `FWAD`.
monk (m) is a custom piece with Betza movement `fWF`.
lance (l) is a custom piece with Betza movement `fRlrR`.
promoteless pawn (without double step) (p) is a custom piece with Betza movement `mfWcfF`.

Drops and hands

Pieces in hand can be dropped back onto the board. Droppable pieces are: captain (c), lance (l), wooden horse (h) and monk (m).

Piece movement

These diagrams show custom pieces and known Fairy-Stockfish built-in fairy pieces from White's perspective on a compact preview board. Some special moves, especially hoppers and game-state-dependent moves, can still depend on blockers or game state.

captain (C) movement

FWAD

monk (M) movement

fWF

lance (L) movement

fRlrR

promoteless pawn (without double step) (P) movement

mfWcfF

move capture move or capture initial only hopper target

Fairy-Stockfish rules

[shinobi-minus:shinobiplus]
startFen = rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/4K3[CCLLHHHHMM] b - - 0 1

# 1. WHITE CAPTAIN (C): Moves like a King (F+W) + leaps 2 squares like an Alibaba (A+D). Worth about 5.25-6.25 pawns.
customPiece1 = C:FWAD

# 2. WHITE MONK (M): Moves like a Silver General (step forward `fW` + full diagonal `F`). Worth about 2.25 pawns.
customPiece2 = M:fWF

# 3. WHITE LANCE (L): Slides any distance forward (fR) and sideways (lrR) like a Rook. Cannot move backward. Worth about 3.75-4 pawns.
customPiece3 = L:fRlrR

# 4. PAWN (P): Fixed Betza notation without double-step. Silent move forward (mfW) + diagonal capture (cfF). No promotions.Worth about 0.75
customPiece4 = P:mfWcfF