Questions tagged [chess-variants]
Questions about variants of normal chess including bughouse, Chess960 (Fischer Random), atomic chess, racing kings, crazyhouse, antichess, etc. Can be used together with a more specific chess-variant tag, like [chess-960], [bughouse], etc. (see tag wiki for suggestions).
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Why did Kung Fu Chess shut down?
Kung Fu Chess, a chess variant in which there are no turns (everyone can move at once with a time delay for each piece), began in 2002 by Shizmoo games, and the website suddenly went offline in 2008 ...
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What chess *scoring* alternatives exist?
Chess (often being classified as a sport) stands almost alone among sports in that its results are of a strictly ternary nature that is not quantified any further: The only possible outcomes are a win,...
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About retrograde analysis
Raymond Smullyan wrote some great books with Retrograde Analysis chess puzzles. I know of two, are there others?
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About possible chess variations
Is there a chess variant for a 6x6 board that has interesting possible game-play just like regular chess obviously has? Maybe one that has real competitions and is not as long an intense chessgame (...
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About the 3D chess they play on Star Trek
They play a type of 3D chess on Star Trek ( the 60's series) not on a 8x8x8 3D board but on some smaller variation. Yet the game as they have it is supposed to be complicated. Are there real rules and ...
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What are the capture rules in shogi?
OK, I've never really played much chess, but shogi is more appealing to me. Now my question is, how does capturing work? Like what piece can capture what? I've tried online and some pieces can capture ...
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Chinese Chess online (Xiangqi)
I was curious about this question, I watched two videos and learned a bit about Chinese Chess. Where can one play it online? What site has the biggest online Chinese chess community, where you can ...
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Tactical difference between chess and Chinese chess
Is there any difference in tactics between chess and Chinese chess? If so, which one is the most fun? What are the important things to learn from it?
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What material handicap would be required to compensate for a single double-move?
Consider the following chess variant:
Black can, once per game, make two moves in a row (the second move may not capture the King)
To compensate for this advantage, Black gets a material handicap
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Four way chess Checkmate
I don't know how many people play four way chess, but do you have to checkmate an opponent's king or actually kill it to take over his army?
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Shorter game for play with kids
I am teaching my children (5 and 7) to play chess, and we are pretty much at the which piece can move where phase. However while they do enjoy the game, they don't really have an attention span that ...
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Is the pawns only variant a draw?
In the pawns-only variant of chess, each side starts with 8 pawns and a king on the usual squares, no pieces,
with other rules being the same as in regular chess, including promotion.
While general ...
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Antichess pawn promotion
The rules of antichess specified in Wikipedia state that the rules of regular chess should be followed except
Capturing is compulsory.
When more than one capture is available, the player may choose....
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Determine winner based on taking king [closed]
I've been asked my friend about enable take king to determine the winner..
who's the winner if the condition like this?? (some Fide rule should necessary)
[FEN "7k/6r1/7p/8/8/2B1q3/6N1/6K1 - - - 0 0 ...
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What "double moves" are sometimes considered legal?
As we know, castling is a legal "double move," where two pieces are moved at once.
But in my country, Indonesia, in my childhood, the opening below was an 'assumed legal' double move to counter 1.e4 ...
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Take away which pawns?
In a hypothetical variant of chess, before the start of the game black is allowed to remove one white pawn and one black pawn. Which pawns should they remove? The pawns don't have to be on the same ...
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Are there any bughouse chess engines?
A friend told me its very hard to implement a bughouse chess engine because it requires much more processor power than a regular chess engine.
Are there any bughouse engines out there ? if not, what ...
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What are the best scoring openings in Chess960?
I don't play Chess960, or Fischer Chess as it is also known. I've seen a lecture or two about it, but I was never interested.
Last week I was a bit bored so I decided to participate in a tournament ...
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Allow piece removal
I'm wondering about a chess variant I thought of: it's just like chess except that a player may, in lieu of (or as) a move, remove any of his own pieces (except the King) from the board. (This is ...
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Is there software that simulates the Tri-D or 3-D chess as seen in Star Trek?
I want to try this game without making/buying a board and it is easier to learn to play when the computer can prevent invalid moves. Does any software, preferably freeware, exist which simulates this ...
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Online resources for medieval Persian chess games or problems?
I am looking for any collection of chess games of al-Suli or anyone medieval scholar's composition of games. Any resources would be appreciated.
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How is a computer programmed to play chess? [duplicate]
How is a computer programmed to play chess? What are the ways by which they sort out the moves? My question is not about programming but the idea behind programming to play chess. That can really help ...
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Alternative versions
Are alternative chess rules/styles considered favourably by the main chess community? To be more specific I mean games like 3D chess (as seen in Star Trek) or landscape chess, as explained here:
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How does strategy change in the infinite variant of chess?
I've recently become interested in infinite chess (this presentation from Joel David Hamkins [updated presentation based on the link provided by JDH in comments; significantly more comprehensive than ...
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Crazyhouse/Bughouse openings
Are there any known or "standard" openings in bughouse or crazyhouse chess? Obviously, as soon as pieces start coming off the board things get less predictable, so this question is less about the ...
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Major Chess 960 tournaments?
Does anyone have any information about upcoming Chess 960 tournaments at the top level (i.e. GMs and IMs)? Even links to/information about past, major tournaments would be appreciated. I recently ...
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Chess engine - Losers variant
I often use the Pulsar engine to analyze my Atomic games for better play (post-mortem). I definitely learn something, since I am not as smart as Pulsar. I am interested in doing the same thing for ...
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Resources on chess variants
While posting this question, I stumbled on this list of variants from Wikipedia, which I must admit is totally awesome.
I know a few online servers allow a few variants, but am not aware of places ...
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Bizarre pin rule: pinned pieces do not attack
I found this guy who likes playing chess, but not enough to bother reading the rules; he only plays using a physical board with his sister (she doesn't know the rules either).
The made up rule was ...
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Recent research, or analysis sites, about some chess variants?
I would appreciate some links to recent (within the last 8 years) chess variant analyses and research. As to standard chess it seems like the source code for a lot of the computer chess programs ...
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Where can I get a nice set for Capablanca chess?
Because I'm odd, I'm interested in obtaining a nice-looking set (that need not be portable) for Capablanca chess, the third world champion's chess variant which is played on 10 x 8 board and features ...
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Why can't a dropped pawn deliver checkmate in Shogi?
In discussion surrounding another recent question, the fact came up that a "dropped" pawn in Shogi isn't allowed to deliver immediate checkmate, whereas any other type of piece can be dropped to ...
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Where can I find mobile software for Fischer random chess?
Fischer had a chess variation (chess960) but I cannot find any mobile app to play it.
Does anyone knows where I can get the best software (if possible free or cheap) to play it?
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Did Indian systems really have fianchettos?
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The Indian Defences by g6 coupled with d6, or b6 coupled with e6, were
largely taught to European players by the example of Moheschunder and
other Indians, to whom the ...
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Is Chaturanga/Shatranj an early form of chess or is this altogether different?
I had heard from someone that Chess evolved from Chaturanga then Shatranj. Are there any pointers towards this?
I would like to know counter arguments as well, if any.
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What other games or chess variants are useful to improve your chess skills?
I know about Chess960, and you can play that online at lichess.org. Furthermore, I like playing Go as well. But are there any good variants and other ways to train that you use, and you know to work ...
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