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GUARDENER SANSD

A Chess Variant By Simon Edward Jepps
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Guardener Sansd is a variation of Guardener Chess whereof the Dice are removed and the Guardener's power increased. Thus an 8x8+16sq board, whereby an extra 4 squares are extended from each side, creating two extra files and two extra ranks (labelled w/z and 0/9), and including one Guardener piece per player.

Aside from some additional specifics detailed herewith, all Classical Chess rules apply, including Check, Check-Mate, En-Passant and so forth.

The extra squares (called 'Terraces') in Guardener Sansd serve purely as a freely augmented arena of play ~ However NEITHER Player may employ them until either BOTH Kings or BOTH Queens have made their FIRST move. Until either both Kings or both Queens have made their first move, only the two Guardeners may utilise the extra squares. These 1st moves must be made within the standard 64sq arena.

One additional Piece called the 'Guardener' (a compound name of 'gardener' & 'guard') is given to each Player. This Piece sits between d0/9 & e0/9 behind the Player's King & Queen at the beginning of the game & may move/be Captured from EITHER d/e0/9 on/by its FIRST move.

• The Guardener in the 'Sansd' version of the game Moves & Captures the same way as in the standard version (ONE square Diagonally & LEAPS to the SECOND square Orthogonally) however:
  • Additionally the Guardener MAY Slide WITHOUT Capturing like a Bishop but ONLY TO a Terrace ~ and MAY Leap WITHOUT Capturing like a Knight but ONLY FROM a Terrace.

The Guardener is notated with a "G".

All in all, I think this is a wonderful Qwik Var featuring a wonderful new Chess piece!

The Guardener Chess set you see in the photograph is a modified leather pouch set I bought from Brettspielerey ~ I created the Guardeners myself by de-crowning a King, glueing opposite-dyed wooden semi-spheres on top and finishing with a satin varnish. I likewise improved the print and extended the board by hand with fade-proof Indian inks.

This product you see here is the first experimental set and I think it looks fabulous! They are only small, un-weighted pieces, but they play very firmly considering their leather carpet beneath. Please excuse the anomalies of photography, the squares are actually square as the final photo better represents, although will be finer quality in future production.

I will soon be making more Guardener Chess sets like this from scratch myself, using split leather with similar wooden pieces and of course the 4-sided Dice. I thus hope to perhaps start selling these sets here at Jeppsquare in future, with a choice of rectangular cuboid or classic pyramidical Dice. If you would be interested in seeing how I get on and possibly to purchase, please leave a comment.

Thank you for reading.