Chancellor Chess, or the New Game of Chess (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Chancellor Chess, or the New Game of Chess

The Duke of Rutland in 1747 used a board 10x14 squares and introduced two new pieces, a Concubine, possessing the power of rook and knight and a crowned rook with the moves of king and rook.

L. Tressan, of Leipsic, in 1840 played on a board 11x11 with three additional pieces, an adjutant mov ing as bishop and knight combined, a general with the move of the queen and knight united, and a Marshal having the moves of rook and knight.

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