Chancellor Chess, or the New Game of Chess (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Chancellor Chess, or the New Game of ChessThe Duke of Rutland in 1747 used a board 10x14 squares and introduced two new pieces, a Concubine, possessing the power of rook and knight and a crowned rook with the moves of king and rook.L. Tressan, of Leipsic, in 1840 played on a board 11x11 with three additional pieces, an adjutant mov ing as bishop and knight combined, a general with the move of the queen and knight united, and a Marshal having the moves of rook and knight.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.