How to play Puzzle Board Chess

Puzzle board .

Chess , how to play ?

The rules are the same as regular chess except for these changes .

For a refresher of those rules check out this video , give each player a standard set of chess pieces in opposing colors .

Place one puzzle board tile in the center of the table as the game board and give each player eight puzzle board tiles , pick a player to go first , then turns alternate on your turn , connect one of your puzzle board tiles to any available spot on the game board with a minimum of one connection points orient the tile or flip it over to retain the checkerboard pattern .

Place one of your ponds on your place tile to indicate it is yours .

Pawns are only used during setup to distinguish each player's tiles and they are not used for play .

You may not move a puzzle board tile once it has been placed and you are allowed to connect to an opponent's placed tile .

Once all the tiles have been placed , the board is now built .

Players now simultaneously place their non pawn chess pieces on any of their controlled tiles , removing the ponds from those tiles .

Players may move and rearrange their pieces .

As many times as they want .

Players may not place pieces on the starting tile .

You may place your bishops on the same color spaces .

If you want , you may not place your king into check .

Nor may you place a piece in a position that checks your opponent's king .

Once all players are satisfied with their positions and no more rearrangements are happening , then remove any remaining ponds from the board and the game begins , pieces move like they normally do with these distinctions .

Knights can jump over gaps in the board .

So long as they retain their l movement and land on a physical square .

Bishops , kings and queens can travel diagonally between tiles with adjoined corners .

Even if they aren't connected by the tabs , you are not allowed to castle the first player to checkmate their opponent wins .