Check out Symmetric Chess, our featured variant for March, 2024.

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Phantom Chess

If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Phantom Chess here.

Simple Chess Variants


Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once

A capturing piece, other than king or queen, is removed along with the unit captured, and replaced on the square vacated by the next move. Tony Paletta, 2001

Chess Variants

These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.

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Written by Ed Friedlander


WWW Page Added: Sunday, December 30, 2001