Capablanca Chess
A wider board with compound pieces
Played on ten files with a Chancellor and an Archbishop added. Needs two boards side by side to fit the extra width.
How it plays
- 1
Played on a 10×8 board formed from two Open Chess boards.
- 2
The Chancellor combines rook and knight.
- 3
The Archbishop combines bishop and knight.
- 4
Castling covers a longer distance to match the wider board.
What the lights do
The two extra files are marked at setup so the wider geometry is obvious.
What you need
- Two boards
- Chancellor and Archbishop pieces
Runs on
Open Chess Board · ESP32-S3
Built by Concept Bytes
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Make it yours
Source for this game hasn’t been published yet. Any game built on OpenChessCore is a good starting point — the sensors, lights, battery, and USB link are already handled, so a new game is only its rules.
This mode is still being built
The rules and the install path are designed and wired up, but the sketch hasn’t been written yet. Everything on this page is real except the binaries themselves.