See the Mindsports website for more information on Christian Freeling's other chess variants, methods to play several of these on the Internet against others, and more. Initially, the board is covered with 49 tiles .
All play is on the tiles.
Players move, and must move, in turn. The connection rule The tile-complex must remain 'connected', that is, a tile or group of tiles must always remain orthogonally or diagonally connected to the rest. The queen The King's role is played by the Queen. The diagram below shows its options for movement and capture in a non-check situation. The Queen is the only piece with the power of capture in the usual sense.