Berolina chess

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Berolina Chess is a chess variant using a popular fairy chess piece called the Berolina Pawn, also called Berlin Pawn or Anti-Pawn. The Berolina Pawn was invented by Edmund Hebermann in 1926.

The movement of the Berolina pawn.

Note that in its first move, the Berolina may move two steps forward. It may not, however, change direction during its move. The black Berolina pawn at e4 may capture the f2 pawn en passant if it advances to d4.

[edit] Rules

The rules are the same rules of standard Chess, including castling, except that all the player's pawns are replaced by Berolina pawns.

The Berolina pawn moves, without capturing, one square diagonally forward. It captures by moving one square straight. Therefore, it is the opposite of the normal pawn, which moves one square straight and captures by moving diagonally.

The Berolina pawn may advance two squares in its first move and be captured en passant (see diagram.) It also promotes like the normal pawn when it reaches the last rank.

[edit] Related piece

Two other famous problems pawns are the Berolina Plus and the Sergeant. The Berolina Plus moves and captures like the Berolina Pawn, but it may also move to capture one square sideways. The Sergeant is a combination between the normal pawn and the Berolina pawn; that is, it moves and captures to the three forward squares.

[edit] Further reading

• Pritchard, D. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Games & Puzzles Publications. ISBN 0-9524-1420-1.  Berolina chess, p. 21-22.

[edit] External links

• BrainKing.com - A turn-based server where you can play Berolina Chess.
• Berolina Chess - The entry for this variant in the ChessVariants pages, where it's considered a Recognized Variant.