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Chess Variant Pages Rating System. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This system seems much too tedious. How about having numerical ratings in the comments and a rankings page based on that? Perhaps editors can review ratings for being official or not, having the same requirements as this system.
Scirocco. On ten by ten board with over thirty different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Adrian, why don't you consider revising Typhoon and Jupiter as well as Scirocco?
Aieirping Chess. Missing description (29x14, Cells: 406) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This game is very uncoordinated and has very nonstandard pieces. A better attempt to use all letters of the alphabet would be Charles Gilman's Missing Ox Chess.
Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This page is extremely informative. I did not know about the history of the game and the appearance of the pieces. I think that the flexible setup reduces White's advantage, especially when White sets up all of his pieces before Black. Perhaps by too much...
Revolver Practice: A Chess Problem. White mates in 21 moves on board in shape of revolver.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Hilarious. This is a bit reminiscent of Hippodrome.
Grand Jang Gi. A large variant of Jang Gi. (13x12, Cells: 156) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Perhaps you would also like Fanorona Chess. Charles: Camels, Elephants, and Horses can jump.
Who crosses the river first?. A variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Yes, I, too would like the answer to this question!!!!
Typhoon (Revised). Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This game is inferior to Scirocco in that it incorporates a large number of pieces already present in the game it was inspired by. It also does not follow the principle from Scirocco that all pieces except Pawns should have symmetrical moves.
How about a Chess variant played on the edges of a hexagonal board?
Oblong Chess 44. Variant of Oblong Chess on board with 44 squares. (4x11, Cells: 44) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I nominate this game for closest resemblance to the logo of The Chess Variant Pages!
Typhoon (Revised). Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I was refering to how many Chu Shogi pieces are in here. This game is excellent once you learn to play, but the learning curve is too steep for most.
I've been wanting to do a collaboration. Are you up for it, Adrian?
Hitchhiker Chess. Get your Hitchhiker to the Restaurant at the other End of the Board; inspired by Douglas Adams' books. (Cells: 42) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]An unusual mix of pieces and an unusual goal; never heard of a win by kidnapping! Hopefully George will enlighten me on some previous instance.
Shatranji. A hybrid of Shatranj and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I am sad to say that I agree, Fergus. A better game would be Sittuyingi.
Shogi 59. Shogi on half of a 9x12 board. (9x13, Cells: 59) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]You're right. Hopefully an editor would be kind enough to change it as I cannot.
Typhoon (Revised). Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I suggest the Salamander move as a Q3 that must approach a piece whenever it moves.
Forgetful Chess: Pieces start out with their normal moves. If a piece does not move in a certain way for X turns, it 'forgets' how to move that way. Multi-move variant recommended.
Unidirectional arrays on standard boards. Both players in the same direction, as Viking Chess, but on boards of correspondiyng face-to-face variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Implementation? Credits? Who are you and what have you done with Charles?! This page was decent before, but now it's bloody awful. On par with Aieirping. I wish there was an Articles for Deletion section, because Poor is not enough to describe this.
Typhoon (Revised). Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]How about it moves like a Q, but must jump over a friendly piece on every step bar the last? It makes it a K for most of the time, hard to promote, and great defence.
I'd be happy to create pieces for your next game. Just send me an email!
Beyond Omega. Large abstract variant with radial and oblique pieces requiring rotation. (15x15, Cells: 225) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Nicely geometric, as Omega, but not as minimalist and a bit harder to visualize. I don't see the difference between an Alpha and Lambda and wonder if there are opposition rules.
Unidirectional arrays on standard boards. Both players in the same direction, as Viking Chess, but on boards of correspondiyng face-to-face variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]You should write your page in a word processor and spell check it before submission. You should also have more depth in your piece descriptions. It is good to credit, my comment being a jest. Why don't you have Mr. Wolff create presets for your games, since he seems to like creating presets for others, and you seem to not actually play your games?
Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Too large size, Rook connection, tired compounds and strange promotion rules make this a bad game.
Tile Qi - XQ played on squares of a 9x10 board with all Palace pieces removed and all Palace squares removed bar the Generals' starting squares, which function and move in the same way as XQ Generals, but can additionally have friendly pieces 'piggy-back' on it, moving with it as it moves. Pieces cannot move onto squareless spaces, but can pass them. One down. Your score, Mr. Duke?
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