Reference

How to Play

Lejestra is a two-player chess variant played on a 9×9 board with alternating red and dark squares. Red moves first. The middle three rows are neutral territory. Capture the enemy King to win.

Board Setup

Each player starts with three rows of pieces, mirroring each other across the board.

Front Rank (Row closest to center)

8 Pawns + 1 Frontline General (center)

Support Rank (Middle row)

4 Walls, 2 Shifters, 1 Joker, 2 Silver Generals

Back Rank (Farthest from center)

2 Rooks, 2 Bishops, 2 Knights, 1 Guard, 1 King, 1 Queen

Winning the Game

The game ends immediately when a King is captured. The capturing player wins.

The Guard must always remain adjacent to its own King (within one square).

Walls cannot capture enemy pieces and cannot be captured themselves. They can only move left or right into empty squares.

Piece Reference

Pawn

1 pts · Pn

1 square forward or sideways

Frontline General

3 pts · FG

Like a pawn, plus diagonal movement and straight capture

Silver General

3 pts · SG

1 square any direction except straight back

Wall

1 pts · Wl

1 square left or right, cannot capture and cannot be captured

Shifter

5 pts · Sh

Rook-like, but must hop over exactly one piece

Joker

4 pts · Jk

Copies the last piece movement your opponent used

Rook

5 pts · Rk

Moves like a chess rook

Bishop

3 pts · Bp

Moves like a chess bishop

Knight

3 pts · Nt

Moves like a chess knight

Queen

9 pts · Qn

Moves like a chess queen

King

0 pts · Kg

Moves like a gold general, must stay adjacent to the guard, and loses the game if captured

Guard

3 pts · Gd

Moves like a gold general and must stay adjacent to the king

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