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Petteia — The Mother of Chess: a strategy board game, and a chess game at heart, played on a 10×10 board, with ten pieces and ten pawns a side, and one piece that chess never inherited.

The facts

Name: Petteia — The Mother of Chess
Made by: Sameer Maldar
Board: 10×10, files a–j and ranks 0–9
Pieces: Ten pieces and ten pawns a side: King, Minister, Elephant, Camel, Horse, Snake, Pawn
New to chess players: The Snake, which moves along eight winding paths, and the King's one-time Sacrifice Move
Where to play: In a browser at www.petteia.com, and as a free Android app
Ways to play: Against the computer, two players on one device, and online with a rating
Price: Free
Android: Google Play listing
Contact: thisdelivery@gmail.com

What makes it different

Chess pieces slide in straight lines or jump in an L. The Snake does neither: it winds. It travels outward along eight curving paths, each bending as it goes, ending on squares no rook, bishop or queen can reach. It can capture at the end of its journey or partway along it.

The King has a move of its own. Once per game it may give up one of its own neighbouring pieces and step onto that square — a way out of a position that should have been fatal.

The full rules are on the rules page.