# Chess/Computer Chess/Star Wars Chess/Printable version

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# Gameplay
## Plot

The story takes place sometime between the start and end of the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire. The two forces establish an uneasy truce and decide to settle this with a game of chess in order to determine who holds the future for the galaxy.

## Gameplay

Many characters from the Star Wars Trilogy are playable chessmen:
| Rank | Rebels as white (blue pieces when setting up the game) playing first | Dark side as black (red pieces when setting up the game) |
| King | Luke Skywalker | Emperor Palpatine |
| Queen | Princess Leia | Darth Vader |
| Bishops | C-3PO | Boba Fett |
| Knights | Chewbacca | Tusken Raiders |
| Rooks | Yoda | AT-ST's |
| Pawns | R2-D2 | Stormtroopers |
Normal rules of chess apply, but at least in the DOS version, a pawn reaching the opposite end may become a queen only. Inspired by Battle Chess published by Interplay since 1988, one chess piece taking an opposing one gets a brief battle scene. The player may turn it off to speed the game, especially if the computer is slow. Sega CD and Windows 3.x, not DOS, feature checkmating scenes, plus a large tube descending from above to vacuum some defeated characters.
Han Solo frozen in carbonite also appears in PC version only as a non-playable character.
Sample moves →

## References

* ↑ "Star Wars Chess: Battles". Wookieepedia. Fandom. Retrieved 7 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

# Sample moves
## Sample moves by computer vs. computer

The computer may or may resign in this game depending on which console versions.

### Lowest level in DOS version

Setting the computer to the lowest level means the fastest (5 seconds) but weakest moves. Longer thinking time by the computer may be added in the increment of 5 seconds. Reversible algebraic notation is hereby used:

#### The Rebels win!

* Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6
* Nb1-c3 Nb8-c6
* e2-e4 d7-d5
* e4xd5 Nf6xd5
* Bf1-b5 Qd8-d6
* 0-0 e7-e6
* Nc3-e4 Qd6-f4
* d2-d3 Qf4-g4
* Nf3-e5 Qg4xQd1
* Rf1xQd1 Nd5-b4
* Bc1-d2 Nb4xc2
* Ne5xNc6 Nc2xRa1
* Rd1xNa1 Bc8-d7
* Nc6-d4 c7-c6
* Bb5-c4 Bf8-e7
* h2-h3 0-0
* Nd4-f3 Ra8-d8
* d3-d4 Rf8-e8
* Ra1-c1 h7-h6
* Bd2-a5 b7-b6
* Ba5-c3 f7-f6
* Bc4-b3 a7-a6
* Nf3-h4 Kg8-h7
* Nh4-f3 Be7-f8
* Bb3-c2 f6-f5
* Ne4-d2 Bf8-d6
* Nf3-e5 Bd6xNe5
* d4xBe5 c6-c5
* Nd2-c4 Rd8-b8
* Nc4-d6 Re8-d8
* Rc1-d1 Bd7-b5
* Rd1-d2 Bb5-c6
* Bc2-b3 Bc6-d5
* Bb3xBd5 e6xBd5
* Rd2xd5 Rb8-b7
* e5-e6 Rb7-c7
* Rd5-e5 Rd8xNd6
* e6-e7 Rc7-c8
* e7-e8=Q Rd6-d1+
* Re5-e1 Rc8xQe8
* Re1xRd1 Re8-e7
* Rd1-d6 Re7-b7
* f2-f3 g7-g6
* Bc3-f6 b6-b5
* Rd6xa6 c5-c4
* a2-a4 b5-b4
* Ra6-c6 Rb7-a7
* Rc6xc4 Ra7xa4
* Rc4-c7+ Kh7-g8
* Rc7-g7+ Kg8-f8
* Rg7xg6 Kf8-f7
* Rg6xh6 Ra4-a2
* g2-g4 Kf7-e6
* Bf6-h8+ Ke6-d7
* Rh6-b6 f5xg4
* h3xg4 Ra2-a8
* Bh8-f6 Ra8-f8
* Kg1-f2 Rf8-c8
* Rb6xb4 Rc8-c2+
* Kf2-e3 Kd7-d6
* Rb4-e4 Rc2-c1
* b2-b4 Rc1-b1
* Ke3-f4 Rb1-d1
* b4-b5 Kd6-c5
* Re4-e5+ Kc5-b6
* Bf6-g5 Kb6-a5
* Kf4-f5 Rd1-d3
* Bg5-e3 Rd3-d7
* b5-b6+ Ka5-b4
* Kf5-e6 Rd7-g7
* Ke6-d6 Rg7-h7
* Kd6-c6 Kb4-c4
* b6-b7 Rh7-g7
* b7-b8=Q Rg7-g6+
* Kc6-b7 Rg6-g7+
* Kb7-a6 Kc4-d3
* Qb8-b5+ Kd3-c2
* Re5-c5+ Kc2-d1
* Rc5-c1#

#### The Empire prevailed

* Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6
* Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6
* e2-e4 d7-d5
* e4xd5 Nf6xd5
* Bf1-b5 Nd5xNc3
* Bb5xNc6+ b7xBc6
* b2xNc3 Qd8-d5
* 0-0 Bc8-g4
* d2-d4 e7-e6
* Ra1-b1 Ra8-d8
* Rf1-e1 Bg4xNf3
* g2xBf3 c6-c5
* Re1-e4 Bf8-d6
* Rb1-b5 0-0
* Rb5-a5 Qd5-h5
* h2-h4 Bd6-e7
* Ra5xa7 Be7xh4
* Ra7-b7 c5xd4
* c3xd4 c7-c5
* c2-c3 c5xd4
* c3xd4 Rd8-b8
* Rb7-d7 Rb8-b1
* Re4-e5 Qh5-g6+
* Kg1-f1 Rf8-c8
* Re5-c5 Rc8xRc5
* d4xRc5 h7-h6
* Rd7-c7 Bh4-g5
* Rc7-c8+ Kg8-h7
* Qd1-d4 Rb1xBc1+
* Qd4-d1 Rc1xQd1+
* Kf1-g2 Bg5-f4+
* Kg2-h3 Rd1-h1#
* Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6
* Nb1-c3 Nb8-c6
* e2-e4 d7-d5
* e4xd5 Nf6xd5
* Nc3xNd5 Qd8xNd5
* d2-d4 e7-e6
* Bc1-f4 Qd5-e4+
* Bf4-e3 Qe4-g4
* h2-h3 Qg4-g6
* Bf1-d3 Qg6-h5
* 0-0 Bf8-d6
* Rf1-e1 Bc8-d7
* Nf3-g5 Qh5xQd1
* Ra1xQd1 g7-g6
* d4-d5 Nc6-e5
* d5xe6 f7xe6
* Ng5-e4 Bd6-e7
* Bd3-e2 Bd7-c6
* Be3-d4 0-0
* Ne4-c5 Be7xNc5
* Bd4xc5 Rf8-f5
* Bc5-d4 Rf5-g5
* Bd4xNe5 Rg5xBe5
* f2-f4 Re5-e4
* g2-g3 e6-e5
* f4xe5 Ra8-e8
* e5-e6 h7-h6
* Be2-d3 Re4xRe1+
* Rd1xRe1 Kg8-g7
* Kg1-f2 Kg7-f6
* Bd3-c4 Kf6-e7
* Kf2-e3 Re8-f8
* Ke3-d4 Bc6-g2
* Bc4-d3 Rf8-d8+
* Kd4-c4 Bg2xh3
* Bd3xg6 Bh3xe6+
* Kc4-c5 Rd8-d5+
* Kc5-b4 Rd5-g5
* Bg6-e4 a7-a5+
* Kb4-a4 Rg5-e5
* Re1-e2 Be6-c4
* Re2-e1 Bc4-b5+
* Ka4-b3 Bb5-c6
* Be4xBc6 Re5xRe1
* Bc6xb7 Re1-e3+
* Kb3-a4 h6-h5
* Ka4xa5 Re3xg3
* a2-a3 h5-h4
* Ka5-b4 h4-h3
* Kb4-c5 h3-h2
* Bb7-f4 Rg3-e3
* Be4-c6 Re3-e1
* b2-b4 h2-h1=Q
* Bc6xQh1 Re1xBh1
* a3-a4 Rh1-h2
* c2-c4 Rh2-h5+
* Kc5-c6 Kh5-h4
* Kc6-b5 Ke7-d7
* a4-a5 Kd7-c8
* a5-a6 Rh4-e4
* Kb5-c5 Re4-e5+
* Kc5-d4 Re5-e2
* b4-b5 Kc8-b8
* Kd4-d5 Re2-d2+
* Kd5-c5 Rd2-c2
* Kc5-d5 Rc2-e2
* c4-c5 Re2-b2
* Kd5-c6 Kb8-a7
* Kc6xc7 Rb2xb5
* Kc7-d6 Rb5-b2
* Kd6-c7 Rb2-d2
* c5-c6 Rd2-c2
* Kc7-d7 Ka7xa6
* Kd7-d6 Ka6-b6
* c6-c7 Rc2-d2+
* Kd6-e7 Kb6xc7
* Ke7-e6 Kc7-c6
* Ke6-e5 Rd2-e2+
* e5-d4 Re2-e1
* Kd4-c3 Re1-d1
* Kc3-c4 Rd1-d8
* Kc4-b3 Kc6-b5
* Kb3-c3 Rd8-d7
* Kc3-b2 Kb5-b4
* Kb2-c2 Rd7-d6
* Kc2-b2 Rd6-d2+
* Kb2-c1 Kb4-c3
* Kc1-b1 Rd2-d1+
* Kb1-a2 Rd1-c1
* Ka2-a3 Rc1-a1#
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