For those wondering: the extra squares are D0, E0, D9 and E9.<p>All are occupied by giraffes at start of play (<a href="https://www.giraffechess.com/giraffe-chess/" rel="nofollow">https://www.giraffechess.com/giraffe-chess/</a>).<p>Giraffes are (1,3) leapers (that’s in conflict with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_(chess)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_(chess)</a>, where that’s called a camel (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_(chess)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_(chess)</a> )<p>Pawn promotion on ranks 1 and 8 can’t be to a giraffe; to have that option, promotion has to happen on row 0 or 9.<p>Draws are rare (I don’t think they’re completely avoided. End games with just two kings still could be a draw) because a king move onto one of the opponent’s extra squares wins, because what formerly was a stalemate now is a loss for the player to move, and because there’s a 50 move rule which says a piece must be captured at least every 50th move.