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Chess on a 12 by 12 board is a large-board chess variant invented by The Chess Variant Pages user Doug Vogel in December 2000. As its name suggests, the game uses the same setup and rules as standard chess, but expanded to a 12 by 12 board, with the pieces set up in their usual configuration in the central 8 by 8 section. The rules are kept the same despite the larger board, with the sole exception that pawns promote upon reaching the rank where the enemy king starts. (Vogel proposes a rules variation that pawns must reach the final rank before they promote).

The games is one of the variants included in the chess variant software ChessV.

Example game

Played on The Chess Variant Pages, with "Richard milner" as White and "Vitya Makov" as Black:

1. g6 g8 2. e5 e7 3. d6 exd6 4. exd6 Bxd6 5. c5 Bc7 6. Ql9 Qh12 7. Ra3 Nj8 8. Ql11 Rb10 9. Qc11 Qb12 10. Qi11 Ri10 11. Qa11 Qd12 12. Rl3 Rb11 13. Qa10 Rk10 14. Bd4 h8 15. c6 Kh9 16. Ne5 Rkk11 17. i5 Rb10 18. Qa7 Ne8 19. h6 Qb12 20. Nd7 c8 21. Nf6 Rb3+ 22. Rxb3 Qxb3+ 23. Kh4 Ni6+ 24. Ki4 d8 25. Bj1 Qg3 26. Nh5 Qh4+ 27. Kj5 Nk7+ 28. Kk4 Qk1+ 29. Rk3 Nl5 30. Kxl5 Qxk3 Qf12 31. Rl11#

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See also

• Chu shogi, another game in the chess family on a 12 by 12 board

External links

• Chess on a 12 by 12 board at The Chess Variant Pages