Object: Checkmate the opponent's King.
 
All standard chess rules apply, plus the following:

Variant 1	The Pawns can also move sideways, but they capture only forwards as usual.
Variant 2	The Pawns can also move sideways and backwards.
Variant 3	As variant 1, plus: apart from promoting on the far rank, pawns on files a to d promote on the h-file, the Pawns on files e to h promote on the a-file.
Variant 4	The Pawns can also move sideways and backwards, promote sideways, too.
Variant 5 thru 8	are similar to variants 1 thru 4, but the Pawns can also capture in direction NEE and NWW.
Variant 9	is standard chess plus this extended NEE, NWW capturing feature.
Variant 10 thru 13	are similar to variants 1 thru 4, but the Pawns can only capture forward. There is no En Passant.
Variant 14 thru 27	are similar to variants 1 thru 13, but the Pawns can also move 2 steps at any time. En passant capture is possible after these 2-step moves.

The game 'Better Pawns' was born from a desire to have more powerful Pawns in chess. Also, variants 3 and 4 make the otherwise rare event of pawn promotion a more frequent one.
 
 
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