A modified chess game for play by two players comprising a game board ten squares wide and ten squares deep, and utilizing an expanded set of chess pieces including a full set of traditional chess pieces plus three (3) new pieces to be known as “medieval chess pieces”. Each player has a set of chess pieces consisting of one King, one Queen, two Rooks, two Knights, two Bishops, two Trebuchets, two Carriages, eight Guards, and ten Pawns. The pieces are positioned in three rows per side, wherein the back row has a Trebuchet, Rook, Knight, Bishop, King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, and Trebuchet; the second row has four Guards, two Carriages positioned in front of the King and Queen, and four Guards; and the third row has ten Pawns. Traditional chess pieces are moved pursuant to conventional movements and rules of capture in traditional chess, and the new chess pieces are moved pursuant to moves and rules of capture described herein for the game of Medieval Chess. The game ends in accordance with traditional rules of chess.
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