Centaur King
Your king also moves like a knight.
The king gains eight extra escape squares and can leap out of a mating net. Attacks that rely on trapping the king on one colour stop working, so endgames turn into chases.
- Category
- Pieces
- Rarity
- 3.5
- Runs on
- Centaur King
Stars set how often an augment shows up, not how strong it is. Rare ones swing the game, and that is the point.
See it on the board
Dashed squares are where the legal moves differ from ordinary chess. Click one.
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