The House of Staunton, in conjunction with 4-time US Chess Champion Yasser Seirawan are proud to introduce the latest masterpiece from the House of Staunton - The Seirawan Chess - Collector Series Plastic Chess Set. Seirawan Chess is a revolutionary new Chess variation that has one single purpose - to make Chess fun again! In an age where your average desktop computer is capable of defeating the world's strongest Chess players, Seirawan Chess builds upon the classical foundation of Chess but adds 2 new pieces - the Elephant and the Hawk (2 of each). The addition of these two new pieces changes everything and results in a fun, exciting game that is equally challenging for beginners as it is for grandmasters.
THE RULES FOR PLAYING SEIRAWAN CHESSSeirawan chess is played on an 8 x 8 board using all the normal rules of chess,except that two additional pieces are used.
Two New Pieces
The Hawk & Elephant - Exclusively in Seirawan Chess
The Hawk and Elephant are not in play at the start of the game, which beginsexactly as a normal chess game.
Initial Placement
Seirawan chess begins in exactly the same manner as a conventional chess game.The Hawk and the Elephant do not start the game.
When a player first moves a piece from its original square, that player has theoption of placing the Hawk or Elephant on the vacated square, as part of theplayer's move. Thus if a player played Ng1-f3, he or she could place the Hawk orElephant on g1. The move would be recorded as 1.Nf3(Hg1).
Since each side has eight pieces (K, Q, R, R, B, B, N, N), a player has eightopportunities to bring the Hawk and Elephant into play. If a player fails to doso, the unplaced piece remains out of play.
When a player castles, the Hawk or Elephant may be placed on either e1(8) orh1(8)/a1(8), but not on both. Two moves are required to bring both the Hawk andElephant into play.
Promotion
A player may promote a pawn to either a Hawk or an Elephant.
Bug
The Hawk and Elephant can (and should) be used in Bughouse. As in Seirawanchess, the Hawk and Elephant start off the board and enter play when a piece isfirst moved from its original square. Once in play, the Hawk and Elephant areexchanged and placed in the same manner as any other piece.
ANINTRODUCTION TO SEIRAWAN CHESS
BY4-TIME US CHAMPION YASSER SEIRAWAN
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