Editing Cylinder chess (section)

==Strategy== 
{{Chess diagram  
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 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd
 |pd|pd|pd|pd|xx|pd|pd|pd
 |  |  |  |  |  |xx|  |  
 |  |  |  |  |pd|  |xx|  
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |xx
 |xx|pl|  |  |  |  |  |  
 |pl|xx|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl
 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl|nl|rl
 |Position after 1.b3 e5: The diagram shows the weakness of the move 1...e5 by Black, as the c1-bishop has been allowed access to the edge of the board by way of the movement of the b3-pawn. This principle applies to an easy check on a player's king by an enemy bishop in the same manner.
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In cylinder chess, the traditional hierarchy of piece strengths is changed, with bishops being significantly stronger than knights. The knight and rook do not gain much more power from the cylindrical board, but bishops and especially queens become stronger. The center squares are unimportant to control, and moving a pawn to the center in the opening is very weakening because it opens the player's center to attacks by the opponent's bishops, which have been allowed faster access to the flank squares.

Cylinder chess also has different endgames than standard chess. For example, unlike in standard chess, a king and rook cannot force checkmate against a lone king on the cylindrical board. Additionally, two rooks cannot deliver a ladder mate against an opposing lone king along the files as the latter would wrap around to the other side (but are still able to do so on the ranks).

Piece values according to H. G. Muller are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hgm.nubati.net/rules/Cylinder.html|title = Cylinder Chess}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: 4em;"
| '''Symbol''' || [[Image:Chess plt45.svg]] || [[Image:Chess nlt45.svg]] || [[Image:Chess blt45.svg]] || [[Image:Chess rlt45.svg]] || [[Image:Chess qlt45.svg]]
|- align="center"
| '''Piece''' || |[[pawn (chess)|pawn]] || [[knight (chess)|knight]] || [[bishop (chess)|bishop]] || [[rook (chess)|rook]] || [[queen (chess)|queen]]
|- align="center"
| '''Value''' || 1 || {{frac|3|1|4}} || 4 || 5 || 11
|}
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