Initial setup

The board has 12 x 12 squares.

Initial Position for Wild Babur, one of the possible variant :

Pieces

Ship

Moves one square diagonally and then, goes away of an indefinite number of cases vertically, never horizontally. It can move one square diagonally only. It can not jump and must begin its move with the diagonal step. The Ship can promote to Griffon.

Griffon

Moves one square diagonally and then, goes away of an indefinite number of cases vertically or horizontally. It is authorized to go only one square diagonal. It can not jump and the unobstructed path must start with the diagonal movement.

Squirrel

Jumps at 2 squares. The Squirrel can promote to Lion.

Lion

It jumps on any square situated at 1 or 2 squares distance from where it stands.

Snake

Moves one square vertically and then, slides away of an indefinite number of squares diagonally. The Ship can promote to Rhinoceros.

Rhinoceros

It moves one square vertically or horizontally and then, slides away of an indefinite number of squares diagonally.

Wizard

The Wizard moves one space diagonally or leaps to a space one file and three ranks away or three files and one rank away. It is a compound of the Ferz and the Camel. It was introduced in Omega Chess, and it moves the same as it does in that game. The Wizard can promote to Emir.

Emir

Combines the move of the Camel, the Knight and the ferz.

Admiral

it is another compound piece that moves as a Rook or a non-royal King. That means that it is a Rook that can also step one space diagonally.

Elephant

Moves one or two squares diagonally. When an Elephant moves two squares, it is allowed to jump, i.e., the intervening square does not have to be empty. The Elephant moves as the combined Alfil and Firzan (Ferz) from Shatranj, two pieces which were also present in mediaeval Chess and have disappeared with the birth of modern moves for Queen and Bishop.

Camel

As in Metamachy, a well known piece from medieval Muslim great Chess like Tamerlane's Chess. It jumps to the opposite case of a 2x4 rectangle, like an extended Knight. No matter what intermediate cases contain. Note that it always stays on the same color of square.

Cannon

moves without taking like a Rook, but it takes by going in a straight horizontal and vertical line and jumping over exactly one piece. When a Cannon takes a piece, there must be exactly one piece between the original and final square of the Cannon's move - this piece may be of either color. (This is identical to the move of the Cannon in Xiangqi.)

Prince

A non-royal King who moves and captures one square in any direction, but without being hindered by check. Like the Pawn, he can also move without capturing to the second square straight ahead. When he reaches the last row it can promote to Queen.

Pawn

Exactly as in usual Chess. Promote to Queen.

King

Moves as in usual Chess, except there is no castling.

Queen

Exactly as in usual Chess.

Bishop

Exactly as in usual Chess.

Knight

Exactly as in usual Chess.

Rook

Exactly as in usual Chess.

Promotions table

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