Items Authored by Peter Aronson
Contest
42-Square Design Contest Results. The results of the contest to design a Chess Variant on 42 squares are now official. Author: Peter Aronson.
Game
Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Amphora. Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Peter Aronson.
Cavalry Chess. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Chaturanga 4-84. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces and an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Checker-Pawn Chess. Pawns are replaced by Anglo-American Checkers pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Richard D.B.M. and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Richard D.B.M..
Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
Chesquerque. Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: George Dekle.
Chess with Cyclical Armies. Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value. By Peter Aronson.
Chess with Ultima, Rococo and Supremo Pieces. A series of variants with the Orthochess array transplanted to a 10x10 board and various exotic pieces added. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson and Ben Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson and George Dekle.
Chessence. Variant on a 9 x 6 board with 8 missing squares, immobile Kings, and 9 pieces whose movement depends on their spatial relation. (6x9, Cells: 46) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessling
. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
Combining Knightmare Chess. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Complete Permutation Chess. Game with all possible combinations of Falcon, Rook, Bishop and Knight on the back row. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Peter Aronson and George William Duke.
Courier 'de la Dama'. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Cows and Butterflies. A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jennifer Aronson.
Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller and N. Maddox.
Dabbabante Chess. Played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Edgehog Chess. Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
Emperor Chess. Large chess variant with a Commander (Queen + Knight), two Queens, and two Emperors (Bishop + Lame Dabbabah-rider) per side. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer and Peter Aronson. Inventor: H. R. Lambert.
Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Fanorona Chess. Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Peter Aronson.
The Fighting Fizzies. An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies. By Peter Aronson.
Furious Courier. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and Crooked Bishops. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Golem Chess. Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and Ben Good.
Gothic Isles Chess. Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Hopgi. Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers. (7x7, Cells: 43) By Peter Aronson.
Horus. Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand. (7x7, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
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) By Peter Aronson.
Imperial Dragon Chess. A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul Fredrix.
Interweave. Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Jumping Chess. Pieces capture by jumping. Board has extra edge squares making it 10x10. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter Aronson.
Kristensen's Game. A conscious attempt to restructure Chess from 1948. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ejnar Kristensen.
Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess. All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color. (2x(6x7), Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Little Dragon Chess. Modern small variant of Xiangqi on board of 41 squares. (5x7, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
Mad Elephant Chess. Pawns can be turned into Elephants; Elephants can promote to Mad Elephants, and Mad Elephants can trample lines of pieces. By Peter Aronson.
Mad Scientist Chess. Fetch me the Pawn, Igor! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Mulligan Stew Chess. 42-Square Swapping-Mage Teleporting-Assassin Dual-Color-Bound-King Limited-Double-Move Leaping-Pawn Chess. (6x7, Cells: 42) By Peter Aronson.
Narrow Chess. Variant on 2 by 20 board. (2x20, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
Neutral King Chess. V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Not-Particularly-New Chess. A fairly restrainted variant on a 9x8 board, with Cardinals, Unicorns and Jesters. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Peter Aronson.
Pachessi. Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Potential/Demotion Chess. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Prisoner's Escape. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
Rolling Kings. Kings must move along a predetermined path. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Royal Amazon Chess. Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Ruddigore Chess. Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Samarcanda. Variant of Mideast Chess with Crooked Bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Nuno Cruz and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Separate Realms Chess. Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson and Michael Nelson.
Snark Hunt. Variant with unequal armies on board with 41 squares, inspired by a poem of Lewis Carroll's. (6x8, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
Thinktank Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing. Author: Sergey Sirotkin and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Toe-to-Toe Chess. A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Toto40. Staircase board with fighting line in the middle, inspired by Totolospi game of Hopi Indians. (Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
Train Wreck Chess. Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Transactional Chess. Moves are grouped into transactions, which are not visible to your opponent
until committed. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Viking Chess. Armies start side-by-side on a 12 x 7 board. (12x7, Cells: 84) Author: Tomas Forsman and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Tomas Forsman.
White Elephant Chess. Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Interview
Aronson, Peter. Interview with the winner of the 44 squares contest. Author: Peter Aronson and Hans L. Bodlaender.
PBM
Hole Chess. Variant on a board of 44 squares with two holes that pieces can be dragged into. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Jumping Chess. Pieces capture by jumping. Board has extra edge squares making it 10x10. By Peter Aronson.
Monkey King Chess. Monkey King fights Goblin King on 44 squares board in game with oriental influences. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Gelman.
PiRaTeKnIcS. Play this 44-squares chess variant in which pirates on ships fight each other on Game Courier. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Jagger.
Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board (includes mirror array and Push-Pullyu variants). Author: Peter Aronson and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
Ruddigore Chess. Play this Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece! Author: Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Star Pool Chess. Large variant of Makruk, with a center non-square that acts as a bridge. By Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson.
Takeover Chess Play-By-Mail game. Examine this game played in the Invent and Play contest! Drawn. Author: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
Piece
Rococo. Animated piece movement diagrams. By Peter Aronson and David Howe.
Piececlopedia
Bishop, Reflecting. Moves as a Bishop, but can also reflect off of multiple sides of the board. Author: Peter Aronson.
Edgehog. Moves as a Queen, but only to or from an edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
Kangaroo. Moves on Queen lines to first square after second jumped over piece. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: J. de A. Almay.
Locust. Jumps over opposing pieces on Queen lines to capture. Author: Peter Aronson.
Reflecting Bishop. Moves as a Bishop, but can also reflect off of multiple sides of the board. Author: Peter Aronson.
Rhino. A set of pieces which combine the movements of the Mao with that of the Wazir. By Peter Aronson.
Website
Peg Leg's Gifts and Crafts
. Business that sells wooden games including Byzantine Chess. Author: Peter Aronson.
Zillions
21st Century chess
. A Zillions file to play an updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. Author: Peter Aronson.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Amphibian Chess
. Pieces capture by leaping when there's a square past the target, or by replacement when the target is on the edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Anti-King Chess
. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. By Peter Aronson.
Arabian Nights Chess
. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
Augmented Chess
. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
AvantGarde Chess
. A font-named variant that adds a Centaur and a Man to the standard setup. By Peter Aronson.
Avian Airforce
. Experimental Rider/Leaper Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the Usual Four and Other Armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Aviary
. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Daniel Hollombe.
Back-to-Back Chess
. Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul Kreutzer.
Bastille Chess
. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. Author: Peter Aronson.
Battle Chieftain Chess
. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Craig Daniel.
Big Chess
. Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Black Holes
. On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Juraj Lörinc.
BomberChess
. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
Border Wars
. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
Border Wars II
. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
The Bridge41
. 41 square board with bridge in the middle. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Hubert Lamontagne.
By Rook Or By Crook
. Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jeff Rients.
Cannons and Crabs
. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Captain Spalding Chess
. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Capture-the-flag Chess
. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Thomas Cameron.
Cavalry Chess
. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Chameleon Chess
. Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: P. D. Magnus.
Chaturanga 4-84
. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces on an 84-square board. By Peter Aronson.
Chesica
. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
Cheskers and Grand Cheskers
. Cross-variant between chess and checkers, with variants on larger boards. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Chesquerque
. Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: George Dekle.
Chess in the Fast Lane
. The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
Chess Olympic
. Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess on a 12 by 12 Board
. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess with Cyclical Armies
. Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value. By Peter Aronson.
Chess with Different Armies
. Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Ultima, Rococo and Supremo Pieces
. A series of variants with the Orthochess array transplanted to a 10x10 board and various exotic pieces added. By Peter Aronson.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gianni Cottogni.
Combining Knightmare Chess
. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. By Peter Aronson.
Confusion Chess1b
. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Cows and Butterflies
. A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jennifer Aronson.
Cross Chess
. Game played on a cross-shaped board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
Dabbabante Chess. Variant played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Delegating Chess
. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Double Diamond
. Irregular board with diagonal orientation. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. By Peter Aronson.
Double-Pawn Chess
. Pawns may combine into Double-Pawns which move twice a turn. By Peter Aronson.
Edgehog Chess
. Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
Elbow Room
. Usual set of pieces and eight additional pawns per player on 8 by 16 board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Espionage Chess
. Spy can only be captured in turn after it has moved in 41-square variant. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. By Peter Aronson.
Fanorona Chess
. Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. By Peter Aronson.
Feebback Chess
. Variant where pieces are "feeble backwards" -- backwards moves can not capture. By Peter Aronson.
The Fighting Fizzies
. An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies. By Peter Aronson.
Free Corners chess
. In the corners of seven by seven board, three squares form together one field. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Full Double Chess
. 32 pieces each, including all combinations of the basic Chess pieces, on a 16x8 square board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Fun-In-A-Box Chess
. Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Howe.
Goal Box Chess
. Game on 42 squares with no King and the goal of placing pieces into 2 special squares. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Kevin McPartland.
Golem Chess
. Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and Ben Good.
Gothic Isles Chess
. Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions. By Peter Aronson.
Halfgi
. A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess. By Peter Aronson.
Halfling Chess
. Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Herb Garden Chess
. Variant on 7 by 12 board with additional combination pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: William Overington.
Home Columns Chess. A piece cannot be captured when in its 'home' column. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ted Clancy.
Hopgi
. Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers. By Peter Aronson.
Horus
. Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand. By Peter Aronson.
Illusionary Piece Chess
. A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. By Peter Aronson.
Imperial Dragon
. A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul Fredrix.
Interweave
. Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. By Peter Aronson.
Jumping Chess
. Pieces capture by jumping. Board has extra edge squares making it 10x10. By Peter Aronson.
King with a Shotgun
. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Rook capture. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
Kings and Pawns
. Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. Author: Peter Aronson.
Knight Scattering Chess. Knights can neither capture nor be captured, but instead can move opposing pieces a Knight's move away. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Knightmate-Relay Chess
. Played with a royal-knight and special movement rules for pieces a knight's move away. By Peter Aronson.
Kristensen's Game
. A conscious attempt to restructure Chess from 1948. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ejnar Kristensen.
Legler's Chess
. Modest 1926 variant using an Archbishop and a Chancellor. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Hugo Legler.
Life, the Universe and Everything
. 42-square double-move variant with unusual pieces, inspired by Douglas Adams' fiction. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess
. All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color. By Peter Aronson.
Little Dragon Chess
. Modern small variant of Xiangqi on board of 41 squares. By Peter Aronson.
Mad Elephant Chess
. Pawns can be turned into Elephants; Elephants can promote to Mad Elephants, and Mad Elephants can trample lines of pieces. By Peter Aronson.
Mage. Rooks cannot be captured or capture, and the Queen is replaced by a Mage. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
Magna Carta Chess. lack has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Mercurial Chess
. A variant on 42 squares with a satallite board and the rescure of captured pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Mark Hedden.
Mini Slanted Escalator Chess
. Chess on smaller asymmetric board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Modern Kamil
. A set of variants adding Camels or Camel-like pieces to the Orthochess array. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Moon Chess
. Played with a Xiangqi set, but with different rules. Author: Peter Aronson.
Mulligan Stew Chess
. 42-Square Swapping-Mage Teleporting-Assassin Dual-Color-Bound-King Limited-Double-Move Leaping-Pawn Chess. By Peter Aronson.
Nearly Colorboundmost Chess
. Game where all pieces except the Pawns are entirely colorbound, and interactions between colors are weak. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Neighbors
. Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
Neutral King Chess
. V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Not-particularly-new Chess
. A fairly restrainted variant on a 9x8 board, with Cardinals, Unicorns and Jesters. By Peter Aronson.
Outback Chess
. New pieces on plus-shaped board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Timothy R. Newton.
Pachessi
. Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. By Peter Aronson.
PieceEater Chess
. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. By Peter Aronson.
Potential/Demotion Chess
. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. By Peter Aronson.
Prisoner's Escape
. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. By Peter Aronson.
Quintessential Chess
. Large chess variant, with some pieces moving with a sequence of Knight moves in a zigzag line. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
Ramayana Chess
. Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Luiz Carlos Campos.
Rank behind Rank
. 30 pieces on a side with two Kings each on a 6 by 12 board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Rebel Chess
. King's Pawn is replaced by Recruiter piece that moves like an Alfil and can change a piece's side. Author: Peter Aronson.
Reenterent Chess
. There is one additional square where taken pieces can wait to reenter 5 by 8 main area. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Edward Lovett.
Regulator Chess
. Game on a 35 square board with a 7 square track on which a piece moves that determines how Knights and Bishops can move. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Samuel H. Bell.
Rhino Chess
. Collection of variants designed to demonstrate the Rhino family of pieces. By Peter Aronson.
Rococo
. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
Rolling Kings
. Kings must move along a predetermined path. By Peter Aronson.
Royal Amazon Chess
. Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. By Peter Aronson.
Rubble Chess
. Pieces must clear out unoccupied squares before they can move through them. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
Ruddigore Chess
. Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece. By Peter Aronson.
Ryu Shogi
. Large modern shogi variant. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
Sacred King Chess
. It is not legal to check your opponent's King, so victory is by stalemate or bare King. By Peter Aronson.
Schizophrenic Chess
. Game on 12x7 board with Left and Right Schizzys, Bobbers, Teleporters and other exotic pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Seenschach
. Variant on 10 by 10 board with lake in the middle and new pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
The Seeping Switchers
. An army for Chess with Different Armies based on pieces that change color when they move. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
Separate Realms Chess
. Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Michael Nelson and Peter Aronson.
A Simple Proposal. Variant where promotion may occur on the 7th or 8th rank, and may be delayed, but only to captured pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ted Clancy.
Slanted Escalator Chess
. Chess on an asymmetric board with interesting connectivity. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Snake Chess
. A variant played on a 2 by 12 cyclindrical board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Snark Hunt
. Variant with unequal armies on board with 41 squares, inspired by a poem of Lewis Carroll's. By Peter Aronson.
Spacious Cannoneers
. Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the traditional CDA Armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Spinal Tap Chess
. Variant on an 11x11 board with a once-a-game mass 'Battle Move' of Pawns and Crabs. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Spinal Tap vs Terror Chess
. The Spinal Tap Chess army vs the Terror Chess army in the battle of the 11x11 variants. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Star Pool Chess
. Large variant of Makruk, with a center non-square that acts as a bridge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla.
Subway Chess
. In a turn, player moves first middle subway part of board and then a piece. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
Switching Realms Chess
. All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
Tandem-84
. Variant on two boards of 7 by 6 rows with pieces moving between boards. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Tapestry
. Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Howe.
Thinktank Chess
. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
This Game is for the Birds
. Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Peter Aronson.
Thronschach
. A game on 42-squares with throne squares, and an interesting mix of pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Glenn Overby II.
Toe to Toe Chess
. A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces. By Peter Aronson.
Too Many Elephants. All pieces can move leap two squares on the diagonals like Elephants/Alfils in addition to their normal move. By Peter Aronson.
Tournament Chess with Different Armies
. Chess with Different Armies ZRF for the Chess with Different Armies e-mail tournament. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Toystore Chess. A problem-like Chess variant on a 5x5 board with free placement. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Richard Stack.
Train Wreck Chess
. Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward. By Peter Aronson.
Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Triumvirate Chess
. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. Author: Peter Aronson.
Trubix
. Chess variant on board with 41 squares. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Trubix-43
. Unique piece and lines of movement on an hourglass board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Twenty-first Century chess
. A Zillions file to play an updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. Author: Peter Aronson.
Twiknight
. Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Two Kingdoms
. A decimal variant with a more powerful knight, and an added Archer piece. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Ultra Slanted Escalator Chess
. Game on an asymmetrical board of 84 squares with Crabs and Ultras. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Warp Point Chess. Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jason Shields.
White Elephant Chess
. Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. By Peter Aronson.
Wild Jokers
. 7 by 7 board with 8 pits and various pieces, including jokers that can make successive jumps across pit. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
ZSG
Cavalier Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Grand Chess
. Download this Zillions Saved Game file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: John Lawson and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Jumping Chess Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see a sample game. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Lions and Dragons Chess
. Download this file to see this sample game. Author: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
Rococo Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Peter Aronson and John Lawson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
Star Pool Chess Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see a saved game. By Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson.
ximeracak. Zillions Saved Game.
. Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Peter Aronson and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Glenn Overby II.
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