Sphinx Chess is played on nine 4x4 boards arranged in a 3x3 pattern.
| BISHOP[B] | slide diagonal on its particular board or to the corresponding space on any diagonal board. |
| CENTAURA[C] | leaps one orthogonal then one diagonal on its particular board, slides to the corresponding space on any orthogonal or diagonal boards. |
| KING[K] | steps one orthogonal or diagonal on its particular board, steps to the corresponding space on any orthogonal or diagonal board. |
| PAWN[P] | steps without capturing one forward orthogonal or captures any forward diagonal on its particular board, steps without capturing to the corresponding space on any forward orthogonal board or captures to the corresponding space on any forward diagonal board. |
| QUEEN[Q] | slides orthogonal or diagonal on its particular board, slides to the corresponding space on any orthogonal or diagonal board. |
| ROOK[R] | slides orthogonal on its particular board, slides to the corresponding space on any orthogonal board. |
