Introduction

Big Battle ( Big Bat for Short ) follows in the great tradition of Chess. M K Morrison invented Big Battle in 1994. The game was-fined to its final form in 1998. The first years of its creation involved play testing against International Chess Master Ortvin Sarapu (twenty time New Zealand Chess Champion). The final rule change came at the suggestion of the then New Zealand Champion Alexei Kulashko. Big Battle used Chess as a starting point but it becomes a different game. Chess players, even children, have found Big Battle an easy game to pick up. 

Description

Big Battle is played on a 10 by 10 chequer board of a hundred squares. Because of the enhanced size of the Big Battle Board, the Big Battle counterpart of the Chess Pawn, called a Soldier ( Sol for short) has the option of moving three squares, two squares or one square forward. Unlike the Chess pawn the Big Battle Soldier has these options not only on its first move but throughout the game. The en-passant rules of Big Battle allow capture by en-passant whenever an enemy Soldier on an adjacent file attempts to sneak past by moving two or three squares.  The other big difference seen in Big Battle consists of a new and powerful piece called the Prince. The Prince combines the power of the Chess Knight and the Big Battle Queen. But the Big Battle Queen itself has greater powers than the Chess Queen. In addition to the traditional powers of the Chess Queen the Big Battle Queen can jump over an immediately adjacent piece (but cannot move like a Knight). The Big Battle King has the ability to move two squares. He also, can jump over an immediately adjacent piece. The Big Battle Knight has the option, while positioned on its back rank of making a double Knight move, known as the double Knight hop, providing that no piece occupies the intermediate square of this manoeuvre. The Big Battle Bishop moves exactly the same way as the Chess Bishop. Off course the enhanced Big Battle chequer board gives it more squares to move to. All Big Battle pieces, except for the Bishop, have greater powers than the corresponding traditional Chess piece.

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