MARSEILLAISE

A variation of the chess game invented in 1925 in France and popularised by Albert Fortis and Georges Renaud. Each player plays two moves at a time. If check is given on the first move, then the second moves is not played. Alekhine himself practised the game and ‘the problem marseillais’.A sample published in Les Cahiers de l’Echiquier Français:1. e4 and e5 – d6 and dxe52. Qh5 and Bb5+ – Bd7 and Bxb53. Qh7 and Qh8 – Qd3 and Qf1