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This page is written by the game's inventor, Alberto Monteiro.

Chess in a Cylindrical Board - but glued in a non-stardard way

This variant is more similar to Circular Chess then to Cylindrical Chess. The board is glued "behind" the King's lines, with the addition of an extra line of pawns and 4 empty lines. 

	       Black
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
14| P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | 0
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
13|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |-1        The 15th line is identical
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+          to the 1st, in other words,
12|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |-2        the 9th line is the -5th.
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
11|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |-3        White's pawns in the 2nd line
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+          or Black's pawns in the 9th
10|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |-4        (or -5th) move forward.
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 9| p | p | p | p | p | p | p | p |-5        White's pawns in the 0th
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+          (14th) or Black's pawns in
 8| r | n | b | q | k | b | n | r | 8        the 7th line move backwards.
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 7| p | p | p | p | p | p | p | p | 7
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 6|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 6
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 5|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 5
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+   
 4|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 4
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+   
 3|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 3
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+   
 2| P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | 2
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+   
 1| R | N | B | Q | K | B | N | R | 1
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
	     White
All other rules (castling, en-passant, promotion, etc) apply.

A sample game could be: 

1-   e4     e11
2-   Bc4    Bc11
3-   Qh5    Ne9 [defending f7!]
This variant can lead to subvariants, or similar games:
Written by Alberto Monteiro, (email removed contact us for address) troin.com.br.
WWW page created: October 6, 1997.