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Illusionary Piece Chess. A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]What did you mean, when you told that illusionary piece cannot attack king? Does it mean that it somewhat don't capture opponent's king (as Korean cannon cannot capture another Korean cannon), and thus, if it checks, it can't do anything with king? Or it mean that it cannot move in position, where it will check king at all?
Semedo. Missing description (5x8, Cells: 40) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This variant is in list of variants i invented, but, of course, i did not! How to correct this mistake?
Xiang-qi moving palace and river. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Mitred Framing 3: 6x6 to 8x8. Adding a rim of forward-only pieces around a 6x6 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Ko shogi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_shogi Okisaki shogi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okisaki_shogi
Hecatomb promotion. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Promotion by moving without capturing also may be used in some game with obligatory captures (but it's hard to imagine such game).
Modern drunk elephant shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
The Japanese Heroes' Game. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Where can i read about games, described here? (i posted page for Semedo recently, wich still have no any exact rules)
Hafts. A denser Draughts, but with pieces only capturing those bound to the opposite colour. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Oops! I'm sorry! I have read rules not carefully at first time: in my variant each player had draughts only on 1 color. Your variant, where each player have draughts on both colors is playable, i played it! And, i think, this idea must be developed: if chess variants are not very popular, checkers variants (take-me checkers, for example) are popular. By the way, how about allowing to capture sideways (like in Turkish/Armenian orthogonal checkers)?
War of the Worlds. Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Interesting, what about playing with one of 'human' armies against another human army? Of course, Turkish army will win most of games, but what about others?
Xiang-qi moving palace and river. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Pawns cannot step sideways on friendly side of river, and can do it on opponent's side, wherever river is situated. Palace and river cannot be rotated 90 degrees, but it would be interesting variant to. My idea about playing it with game courier: use pieces 'palace center' and palace center with pieces of different types and colors (expect opponent's general and advisors) in it. I have no idea about river.
Changi with diagonal pieces. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]One little problem: in 1st setup vao can capture pawn on first move. Of course, opponent's vao can do it to, but if someone can suggest how to solve this problem, thanks.
Shogchess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]It looks fun, but i have a few questions: 1. Can promoted elephant and knight be further promoted to pegasus and gold respectively? I suppose, no, as in shogi variants. 2. Isn't knight stronger than camel? Maybe, on large board they have same value, and it makes promotion interesting: in normal shogi gold and silver also have same value, so you have to think before promote or not promote. 3. How en-passant is possible if pawns captures as they move? Or you meant that they can move either diagonally or orthogonally forward, that is, as iron general or sergeant? 4. Is stalemate win or draw and can one mate with pawn drop? I want to try it when you'll answer these questions.
Semedo. Missing description (5x8, Cells: 40) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Thanks for removing this from list of variants i invented, but is there any way to remove games i did not invent from that list by myself?
King's Reincarnation. Captured Kings return to the board, but at a price. 2 versions of play. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]How about playing with king en-passant? King may be captured en-passant when it castles and moves as rook or bishop. When it castles, it also may be captured by moving piece ti it's starting square.
Semedo. Missing description (5x8, Cells: 40) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Choson chess
. Korean game, resembling Shogi, mentioned in a novel.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Unachess. Start with empty board and begin with dropping pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I played similar variant, but with 2 differences: 1. Kings must be dropped on first moves. 2. Pawns may be dropped anywhere, expect 1st and 8th ranks. Another variant, i can suggest (i did not played it yet): Pawns have same defination of forward. This one may be played with 3 players. Actually, with any number of players, from 2 to 16. For multiplayer variant, rules for capturing/mating king and pieces of lost player must be chosen before playing, many variants are possible.
Semedo. Missing description (5x8, Cells: 40) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Hide did not called this 'Viking chess', 'Viking chess' is just another game with unknown rules, i compared my page with this page - http://www.chessvariants.org/small.dir/vikingchess.html . So, semedo and viking chess have nothing common, article did not tell anything about viking chess, it was just my excuse for posting game with unknown rules. I changed text of page, so now it's clearer. Sorry that i told 'don't attack'. I just did not find right english word: maybe, better translation is 'don't go at his foes', 'don't go to attak'... This might mean that it don't move at all. Thanks for comment, especially about gunpowder! This game is, most probably, only small Xiang-qi variant, or small variant of another chess game, played in China. But it's still interesting to know something about it's rules.
Ok, i removed comparison with 'viking chess' at all to avoid further misunderstandings.
Semedo is not viking chess: it's Chinese game, nothing common with anything linked with vikings. I comapared only CV pages, not games, described on them.
N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Interesting subvariant: pieces, attacked by opponent's knight also can move as knight. By the way, why there is no en-passant?
Knight Shogi 
. Black player lacks two Lances, one Bishop, as well as one Rook; however, his Kinghts and Promoted-Kinghts could also move like K.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]'Knight AND PROMOTED KNIGHT can also move as knight in chess'. -Does it mean that promoted knight is compound of western knight and gold general?
Another question: do chess knight transforms into shogi knight and vice versa when dropped by opponent?
War of the Worlds. Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Jetan: http://www.chessvariants.org/other.dir/jetan.html Shako: http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/shako.html Grand chess: http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/freeling.html Omega chess (with different opening steup): http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/omega/rules.html Xhes: http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/xhess.html Turkish chess: http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/indiangr1.html
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I'm not sure that game with king, moving as queen is playable enough to be 'future of chess', but it's interesting. Pawns are changed, they got duble-step. It's modest change, especially because of en-passant. And thus, looks like, 'future of chess' should be without en-passant! But changing move of knight is probably really future of chess (knight, by the way, is only piece, wich have no even little changes!)! There is other game, wich claims to be 'future of chess', wich also changes knight's move. It's Munch chess, invented by Nagova von Munchausen (baron Munchausen's offspring!) (i'm not sure that he knows about other chess variants). It have several so-called complexity levels ('as in videogames'). Knight is replaced by two-headed knight. It makes 2 knight's leaps (second leap may be in any direction!). Can make only 1 knight's leap or not, depends on complexity level. In 'easier level' knight can make up to 48 moves, in 'harder level' up to 56! Another complexity level was suggested by Nagova Munchausen's grand son Nikita: three-headed knight! Several types of knights may be used in same game.