page_title: Sovereign Chess
hierarchical_section_title: Sovereign Chess
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a diagram of the starting position in a game of Sovereign Chess
context_page_description: Sovereign Chess is a commercial chess variant designed by Mark Bates and produced by Infinite Pi Games. The game is played on a 16 × 16 board and begins with 112 pieces—a normal complement of white and black pieces, and 80 other colored pieces. The colored pieces are considered “neutral” at the beginning of the game, and can not initially be moved nor captured.
  The center of the board contains an arrangement of 24 colored squares, which determine control of the neutral armies. In general, these armies are used to supplement a player's original armies, and to eventually checkmate the opponent.
context_section_description: Sovereign Chess is a commercial chess variant designed by Mark Bates and produced by Infinite Pi Games. The game is played on a 16 × 16 board and begins with 112 pieces—a normal complement of white and black pieces (16 each), and 80 other colored pieces (8 each of 10 different colors). The colored pieces are considered “neutral” at the beginning of the game, and can not initially be moved nor captured.
  The center of the board contains an arrangement of 24 colored squares (2 each in every color, including white and black), which determine control of the neutral armies. In general, these armies are used to supplement a player's original armies, and to eventually checkmate the opponent.
caption: Sovereign Chess game board and starting position
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