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For this diagram: <a href="/wiki/Nightrider_(chess)" title="Nightrider (chess)">nightriders</a> are represented by inverted knights; <a href="/wiki/Fairy_chess_piece#List_of_fairy_chess_pieces" title="Fairy chess piece">sergeants</a> are represented by inverted pawns. <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(chess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chancellor (chess)">Wolves</a> start on squares g1/b10; <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_(chess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop (chess)">foxes</a> start on f1/c10.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div role="note" class="side-box metadata side-box-right algebraic-notation"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">This example uses <a href="/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">algebraic notation</a>.</div></div> </div> <p><b>Wolf chess</b> (German: <i>Wolf-Schach</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Chess_variant" title="Chess variant">chess variant</a> invented by Dr. Arno von Wilpert in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPritchard1994342–43_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPritchard1994342–43-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPritchard2007140_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPritchard2007140-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is played on an 8×10 <a href="/wiki/Chessboard" title="Chessboard">chessboard</a> and employs several <a href="/wiki/Fairy_chess_pieces" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairy chess pieces">fairy pieces</a> including <a href="/wiki/Empress_(chess)" title="Empress (chess)">wolf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princess_(chess)" title="Princess (chess)">fox</a> – compound pieces popular in chess variants and known by different names. </p><p>Wolf chess correspondence matches and tournaments have been held, one of which (Paris vs. <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a>, September 1960) is claimed to be the first international <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#over-the-board" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § over-the-board" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">over-the-board</span></a></dfn> match for a chess variant.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPritchard1994343_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPritchard1994343-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_rules">Game rules</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolf_chess&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Game rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As in standard chess, <a href="/wiki/White_and_Black_in_chess" title="White and Black in chess">White</a> moves first and the winning objective is <a href="/wiki/Checkmate" title="Checkmate">checkmate</a>. The king, queen, rook, bishops, and pawns move and capture the same as they do in <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_chess" title="Rules of chess">chess</a>. In addition, there are some special rules. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_rules">Special rules</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolf_chess&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Special rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Empress_(chess)" title="Empress (chess)">wolf</a></i> moves and captures as a chess <a href="/wiki/Rook_(chess)" title="Rook (chess)">rook</a> and a chess <a href="/wiki/Knight_(chess)" title="Knight (chess)">knight</a>.</li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Princess_(chess)" title="Princess (chess)">fox</a></i> moves and captures as a chess <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(chess)" title="Bishop (chess)">bishop</a> and a chess knight.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Nightrider_(chess)" title="Nightrider (chess)">nightrider</a> moves and captures as a chess knight extended to make any number of steps in the same direction in a straight line.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Fairy_chess_piece#List_of_fairy_chess_pieces" title="Fairy chess piece">sergeant</a> moves and captures one step straight or diagonally forward. A sergeant has the option, like a chess <a href="/wiki/Pawn_(chess)" title="Pawn (chess)">pawn</a>, to move a double-step straight forward (but not diagonally) on its first move.</li> <li>A pawn (but not a sergeant) may capture an enemy pawn or sergeant <i><a href="/wiki/En_passant" title="En passant">en passant</a></i>.</li> <li>Pawns and sergeants <a href="/wiki/Promotion_(chess)" title="Promotion (chess)">promote</a> on the last <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#rank" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § rank" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">rank</span></a></dfn> to: queen, wolf, fox, rook, bishop, or nightrider. Pawns (but not sergeants) have an additional option of promoting to <i>elephant</i> (also called <i>amazon rider</i> in <a href="/wiki/Pocket_mutation_chess" title="Pocket mutation chess">pocket mutation chess</a>). The elephant piece is not present in the starting setup; it moves and captures as a chess <a href="/wiki/Queen_(chess)" title="Queen (chess)">queen</a> and a nightrider (i.e. stronger than an <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(chess)" title="Amazon (chess)">amazon</a>).</li> <li>There is no <a href="/wiki/Castling" title="Castling">castling</a> in wolf chess.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolf_chess&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPritchard1994342–43-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPritchard1994342–43_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPritchard1994">Pritchard (1994)</a>, pp. 342–43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPritchard2007140-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPritchard2007140_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPritchard2007">Pritchard (2007)</a>, p. 140</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPritchard1994343-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPritchard1994343_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPritchard1994">Pritchard (1994)</a>, p. 343</span> </li> </ol></div> <p><b>Bibliography</b> </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPritchard1994" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Pritchard_(chess_player)" title="David Pritchard (chess player)">Pritchard, D. 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John Beasley. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9555168-0-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9555168-0-1"><bdi>978-0-9555168-0-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Classified+Encyclopedia+of+Chess+Variants&rft.pub=John+Beasley&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-9555168-0-1&rft.aulast=Pritchard&rft.aufirst=D.+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWolf+chess" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Wilpert, Arno von (1959). <i>Wolf-Schach</i>. 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Chess_variant" title="Chess variant">Chess variants</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_variants" title="List of chess variants">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Orthodox rules</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Different starting position</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fischer_random_chess" class="mw-redirect" title="Fischer random chess">Fischer random chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Displacement_chess" title="Displacement chess">Displacement chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transcendental_chess" title="Transcendental chess">Transcendental chess</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Different number of pieces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dunsany%27s_chess" title="Dunsany's chess">Dunsany's chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handicap_(chess)" title="Handicap (chess)">Handicap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unorthodox board</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balbo%27s_game" title="Balbo's game">Balbo's game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circular_chess" title="Circular chess">Circular chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cylinder_chess" title="Cylinder chess">Cylinder chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_chess" title="Double chess">Double chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grid_chess" title="Grid chess">Grid chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexagonal_chess" title="Hexagonal chess">Hexagonal chess</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cross_chess" title="Cross chess">Cross chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masonic_chess" title="Masonic chess">Masonic chess</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinite_chess" title="Infinite chess">Infinite chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millennium_3D_chess" title="Millennium 3D chess">Millennium 3D chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minichess" title="Minichess">Minichess</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Alamos_chess" title="Los Alamos chess">Los Alamos chess</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhombic_chess" title="Rhombic chess">Rhombic chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spherical_chess" title="Spherical chess">Spherical chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three-dimensional_chess" title="Three-dimensional chess">Three-dimensional chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triangular_chess" title="Triangular chess">Triangular chess</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unorthodox<br />rules with<br />traditional<br />pieces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Standard<br />8×8 board</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andernach_chess" title="Andernach chess">Andernach chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_chess" title="Atomic chess">Atomic chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beirut_chess" title="Beirut chess">Beirut chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Checkless_chess" title="Checkless chess">Checkless chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chessplus" title="Chessplus">Chessplus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circe_chess" title="Circe chess">Circe chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazyhouse" title="Crazyhouse">Crazyhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cubic_chess" title="Cubic chess">Cubic chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamo_chess" title="Dynamo chess">Dynamo chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extinction_chess" title="Extinction chess">Extinction chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hostage_chess" title="Hostage chess">Hostage chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knight_relay_chess" title="Knight relay chess">Knight relay chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legan_chess" title="Legan chess">Legan chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Losing_chess" title="Losing chess">Losing chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrasi_chess" title="Madrasi chess">Madrasi chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monochromatic_chess" title="Monochromatic chess">Monochromatic chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrol_chess" title="Patrol chess">Patrol chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlunderChess" title="PlunderChess">PlunderChess</a></li> 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