Millennium 3D Chess™ Abridged Rules
'Chess for the Third Millennium and Beyond!'™
 
Other than the concept of moving between chess boards [levels], Millennium 3D Chess™ has not created any new chess rules, but instead extended the traditional 2D chess rules to allow for multiboard play. All traditional 2D chess rules apply to Millennium 3D Chess™ including rules for capturing, castling, en passant, declaring a draw, stalemate and checkmate.
 
A complete set of Millennium 3D Chess™ rules can be downloaded from: http://webspace.webring.com/people/pm/millennium3dchess/
 
KNIGHT: The Knight moves in a 'L' shaped manner which can be described as moving two squares along a row and one square along a column, or visa versa. The Knight can also change one level and move two squares, or change two levels and move one square.
 
BISPHOP: The Bishop moves diagonally as well as along a sloping direction following a diagonal. A 'sloping' move is defined as moving both one square and changing one level -- or -- moving two squares and changing two levels. A Bishop cannot move vertically straight up nor down.
 
ROOK: The Rook can move along any row or column, and the Rook may also move vertically up or down as well along a sloping direction following any row or column.
 
QUEEN: The Queen can move along any row or column, move along any diagonal, move vertically up or down, and move along a sloping direction following any column, row or diagonal.
 
KING: The King can move one square in any direction, change one level, or move one square in any direction and change one level. The King can never be moved into 'check'.
 
PAWN: A Pawn can move straight ahead one square, change one level up or down, or move both one square forward and change one level. On a Pawn's first move, a Pawn can move two squares straight ahead, change two levels, or move both two squares forward and change two levels in a sloping direction. A Pawn cannot advance directly into an occupied square. A Pawn can only capture an opposing chess piece by moving one square along a forward diagonal or along a forward sloping diagonal. When a Pawn reaches the starting row and level of the opposing King, then the Pawn is immediately promoted to either a Queen, Rook, Bishop or Knight.
 
The author wishes to thank L. Lynn Smith for implementing this Zillions of Games computer version of Millennium 3D Chess™.
 
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