The Chess V Tag

Description

Greg Strong has written a computer program called ChessV that plays a variety of Chess variants, and this tag is for identifying the games it supports.

Tagged Pages

• Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
• Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Bear Chess. A popular Russian game; bears leap to second perimeter.
• Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Bird's Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 8 board from 19th century England. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72)
• Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
• Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Chancellor Chess. On a 9 by 9 or 9 by 8 board with a piece with combined rook and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Chess and a Half. Game with extra leapers.
• Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)
• Chess256. The pawns are randomized on the 2nd and 3rd rank.
• Chess480. Fischer Random Chess with orthodox castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Colossus. Large-board chess with standard pieces and double the number of bishops, rooks and knights. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Compound Courier Custom Chess. Game uses the Courier 12x8 board and adds knight compound pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta.
• Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!)
• Courier Chess Moderno. A modern variant of the historical variant Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Diamond Chess. Based on orthodox chess but rotated 45 degrees (invented in 1886). (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Double Chess 16 x 8. On 16 by 8 board. (16x8, Cells: 128)
• Double Move Chess #1. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate.
• The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140)
• Embassy Chess. A 10x8 variant based on Grand Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Euchess. Grand chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Evolution Chess. Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Falcon Chess. Game on an 8x10 board with a new piece: The Falcon. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board.
• Gothic Chess. A 10x8 variant using the same rules and equipment as Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)
• Grand Shatranj. Grand Shatranj. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Great Shatranj. Great Shatranj. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Great chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Hannibal Chess. Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board.
• Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets.
• Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
• Janus Kamil Chess. A crossover between Janus Chess and Modern Kamil Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• King's Court. Variant on 8 by 12 board with Chancellors and Jesters. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Kinglet. Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Ladorean Chess - Shaco Ladorean. Variation on Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with rook/ferz & bishop/wazir substitutes for rooks and bishops.
• Lemurian Shatranj. 8x8 variant that features short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Lions and Unicorns Chess. With the 16 standard pieces and 4 powerful leapers. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Los Alamos variant. Chess on a 6 by 6 board from the early days of computing. (6x6, Cells: 36) (Recognized!)
• Mainzer Schach. Large variant with Janus, Marshall, and different setup. (11x8, Cells: 88)
• Makruk (Thai chess). Rules and information. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Mecklenbeck chess. Pawns can promote on the sixth row.
• Ministers Chess. Commercial variant on a 9x9 board with an extra Queen (called a Minister).
• Modern Carrera's Chess. Play this modern version of Carrera's Chess on Game Courier.
• Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• New Chancellor Chess. On 8 by 10 board with two `chancellors'. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Odin's Rune Chess. A game inspired by Carl Jung's concept of synchronicity, runes, and Nordic Mythology. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Omega Chess. Rules for commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (12x12, Cells: 104) (Recognized!)
• Opulent Chess. A derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!)
• Revised Chess. The pawn can also capture forwards if positioned on 7th rank. Thus, many more won endgames (zrf included).
• Roman Chess. Commercial chess variant on a 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added.
• Royal Court. On 8 by 10 board with crowned knights: can move like king or knight. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Schoolbook. 8x10 chess with the rook + knight and bishop + knight pieces added. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Separate Realms. 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)
• Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Shatranj Kamil (64). Modern Shatranj based variant on 8 by 8 board with new pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Shatranj Kamil X. Shatranj Kamil, with new pieces from Jetan, Shogi and Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Symmetric Chess. 9x9 variant with extra Queen and Bishops conversion rule. (9x8, Cells: 72)
• TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• The Emperor's Game. Variant on 10 by 10 board from 19th century Germany. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Unicorn Great Chess. Lions have been added to Unicorn Chess! (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Univers Chess. A Carrera's Chess variant based on Bruno Violet's Universal Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Veteran Chess. Most pieces can or must irreversibly promote when they capture.
• Victorian Chess. Capablanca variant with the most powerful pieces starting on the outside. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Viking Chess. Armies start side-by-side on a 12 x 7 board. (12x7, Cells: 84)
• Wildebeast9. A Variant of Wildebeast Chess.
• Wildebeest Chess. Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) (Recognized!)
• Wildebeest Decimal Chess. A Wildebeest Chess adaptation to the decimal board.
• Xhess. Decimal variant with Nightriders and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Yáng Qí. Yankee ingenuity adds new power to Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)

Parents

• Game Engine - Software that will play various games against people