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But the Camel is also often described as being an awkward anddifficult piece to use. Since it is a colorbound piece with such anelongated move, it can be very tricky to play; although one greatadvantage of the Camel, is that it can attack behind pawns withoutbeing threatened! But of course, the idea for this game comes from anideal, and not from practical play. There are better pieces with whichto make a playable decimal variant. But why not add to chess a piecewith a tradition going back centries? This game is the ultimateversion of an idea that's been punching my mind for a while! :-)Development In my quest to insert the Camel into an acceptable opening setup, Iturned myself to the Arabic Shatranj Kamil (Perfect Chess)formula. But soon realized that it would be a little bit difficult. . . The final array I came up with has all the pawns protected atthe start. Some other attempts at adding Camels to the standardarray, such as Mephisto and Mexican Chess, haveundefended Pawns.Rules Modern Kamil is played - as was its predecessors a thousandyears ago - on a decimal board. Square a1 is black, and the pieces arepositioned as shown below: White:Pawns: a3 b3 c3 d3 e3 f3 g3 h3 i3 j3Knights: c2 h2Bishops: d2 g2Rooks: b2 i2Camels: a2 j2Queen: e2King: f2Black:Pawns: a8 b8 c8 d8 e8 f8 g8 h8 j8 i8Knights: c9 h9Bishops: d9 g9Rooks: b9 i9Camels: a9 j9Queen: e9King: f9The rules of Standard Chess are followed,including castling, the en passant capture of the Pawn and thePawn's double step on its first move. Differing from usual decimalvariants, Pawn promotion occurs upon reaching the eight row (the rowon which the opposing Pawns start), and may be to any of the usualpieces or to a Camel.Piece MovementAll the usual pieces have their normal moves.The Camel is a wellknown historical piece that jumps like the Knight but to a square atthe opposite corner of a 2x4 rectangle (the White Camel starting ona2, could leap to d1 or b5 on the first move) . Like the Bishop, theCamel is colorbound, so it can only reach half of the squares on theboard.Self Critique Rooks can be subjected to a ferocious Bishop attack even on the 2ndturn! Besides that, the increase in board size makes Knights lesspowerful. I maintained the original Chess setup in every respect,only putting an extra column and an extra row on each side, so thatall opening theory is still usable and Knights possess most of thestrength they have on an 8x8 board... Those who are doubtful about adecimal variant with this setup can try my other attempt at Chess witha Camel, below.Alternative Solution As stated above, for those who want another solution for the 'Camelproblem', I came up with another variant that I named Jamal(meaning Camel in Arabic). It uses a normal 8x8 chessboard, plus fourcitadels placed on the corners, like in Citadel Shatranj. The Camelsstart on these squares. (This is the same board as used in Chess 68, and echos thetreatment of the part-Camel Wizard in Omega Chess.)All rules stay the same except stalemate, which becomes a loss for thestalemated player just like in Shatranj. This is to avoid the Kingmoving into a citadel square where it would be impossible to defeat;but also, because I believe it is more logical then stalematebeing a draw! With this, Rooks maintain their endgame power and it ispossible to force mate with Knights(?). The Camels can jump directlyin front of the Rook's pawns, so that most of the openings in use arenot affected by them. I must confess that I also like this one,although a decimal board is much more natural...Ending... Which one do you like the most? Neither!? Have an idea to improve ormodify any of them? Constructive criticism is always welcome! Pleasesend me your feedback!Computer PlayA Zillions of Games Rules File with both of the above games and someother games that use Camels or Camel-like pieces is available.You can download it here: modern-kamil.zipWritten by Nuno Cruz. 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Two variants that add the Camel to the standard Orthochess array on enlarged boards. (10x10, Cells: 100) Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on 2021-08-21 CESTJust a warning. The zrf didn't work for me. The reason is, I don't know why, the file Chess10x10.bmp is corrupted. I had to rename it and finally the zrf openned.Also, the Mephisto Chess has a wrong initial setup for black. The one for white is correct. Black Camels and Bishops are switched. It should be corrected to play 781b155fdc