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Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Sat, Apr 2, 2005 10:23 PM UTC:

Kriegspiel is a relatively old variant, the inventor was Michael Henry
Temple (1862-1928).

One of the few top-level chess masters to have taken up Kriegspiel before
this days was Alekhine, as is shown by quotes from the 1926 BCM (March,
page 124 and July, page 314 respectively):

‘Monsieur Alekhine (now a naturalized Frenchman and an official
representative of French chess) remained in this country for a short time
after his success at Hastings. On 9 January he spent the afternoon at the
Imperial Chess Club playing Kriegspiel and beat every one of his
opponents. Kriegspiel is a lighter branch of Chess.’