Community variant
baby Chess
In 1989, Martin Gardner proposed this setup, which he called Baby chess. In difference from Gardner minichess, black pieces are mirrored.
This is a user-catalogued casual variant. Technical details such as board size, FEN, pieces, and hand rules are defined in the Fairy-Stockfish variants.ini block below.
Generated rule overview
This variant inherits its base rules from `chess` and overrides the settings shown below.
Board and setup
Pieces and movement
- The piece set used on the board is: king (k), queen (q), rook (r), bishop (b), knight (n) and pawn (p).
Move rules
- Castling is not allowed.
- Pawn double-step moves are disabled.
Promotion
- Promotions are available in the configured promotion zones. The the promotion region for White is all squares on rank 5.
Fairy-Stockfish rules
[baby2_5x5_v4:chess]
variantTemplate = fairy
castling = false
promotionRegionWhite = *5
doubleStep = false
# Oficjalne ustawienie wymiarów planszy 3x3 w Fairy-Stockfish
maxFile = 5
maxRank = 5
# Oficjalne mapowanie, aby figury wyglądały normalnie w interfejsie PyChess
# Legalny FEN dopasowany do wymiarów 3x3 (używamy standardowych figur)
startFen = kqbnr/ppppp/5/PPPPP/RNBQK w - - 0 1