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Los Alamos : How To Play Los Alamos Chess

Los Alamos : How To Play Los Alamos Chess

Play the first chess-like game played on a computer! A reduced size board and piece set.

How to play
Los Alamos

Play the first chess-like game played on a computer! A reduced size board and piece set.

Famously, Los AlamosThe color of the starting squares for the Queen are the reverse of Standard Chess
Losing the Bishops and reducing the board size simplifies the game.
Board is interactive - make a move

Moves of the Pieces

The pawns cannot advance two sqaures on their initial move.

Pawn Promotion

Pawns can not promote to Bishops.

Castling

There is no Castling when playing Los Alamos.

En Passant

There is no En Passant when playing Los Alamos.

Some chess variants are currently playable live and all will soon be available to play as daily/correspondence chess.

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