Chess with different armies This army includes a lot of leapers, but most of them have asymmetrical move patterns, with backward moves being restricted. The rooks, knights, bishops, and queen are replaced by the following pieces: The four armies described above were playtested by Ralph Betza and selected as the most balanced ones. There are other armies, invented by Betza and other people, some of which are presented here. In the initial version of the game there were 8 armies and in these armies the king moved differently from the king in the standard chess. Instead of normal pawns, fairy pawns could be selected,
Dunsany's Chess rank. Stalemate is the same as in regular chess; for example, if White's pawns run out of moves. Horde Chess is identical to Dunsany's Chess, with the following differences: A Horde variant uses the opening setup shown in the diagram. In this variant, White's pawns on the first and second ranks may advance one or two steps, provided that the path in the file is free. Unlike in regular chess, this does not have to be the pawn's first move. The Lichess website has support for this variant. Dunsany's Chess Dunsany's Chess, also known as Dunsany's Game, is an asymmetric