The Piece: Archbishop Tag

Description

These games include the piece that is called an Archbishop in Archbishop Chess and Capablanca's Chess. This piece can move as either a Bishop or a Knight. It is also known as a Adjutant, Cardinal, Equerry, Janus, Minister, Paladin, or Princess.

Tagged Pages

A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169) (1)
Aberg variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Alekhine Chess. Named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946. (1)
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board. (1)
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. (1)
Archbishop Chess. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) (1)
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) (1)
Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight. (1)
Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Chess 1010. Game played with 40 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Chess 1010. Game with 40 pieces. (1)
Chess on a Tesseract. Chess played over the 24 two-dimensional sides of a tesseract. (24x(5x5), Cells: 504) (1)
Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) (1)
Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. (1)
The Demon Game. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Embassy Chess. A 10x8 variant based on Grand Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
The Emperor's Game. Variant on 10 by 10 board from 19th century Germany. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Eric's Great chess. Modern variant on historic large chess variant. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Euchess. Grand chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Fusion Chessgi. A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (1)
Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. (Cells: 41) (1)
General and Arch-General Chess. Variations of Birds' Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Grand Betza. A tribute to Ralph Betza on a 10x10 board with pawns on the third rank as in Grand Chess. (1)
Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) (1)
Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets. (1)
IO Chess. Variant on 16 by 16 board with many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) (1)
Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) (1)
Janus Kamil Chess. A crossover between Janus Chess and Modern Kamil Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) (1)
Ladorean Chess - Shaco Ladorean. Variation on Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Mainzer Schach. Large variant with Janus, Marshall, and different setup. (11x8, Cells: 88) (1)
Mammoth Chess. Large Variant. (10x10, Cells: 96) (1)
Mansindam (Pantheon Tale). A variant that combines 'drop' rule and strong pieces, and there is no draw. (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
Metamorph Chess. Variant in which pieces transform by fixed rules into other pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Metamorphin' Assimilation Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess. (1)
Metamorphin' Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess. (1)
Mini Thunder Chess. A small-scale hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (6x7, Cells: 42) (1)
Modern Carrera's Chess. Play this modern version of Carrera's Chess on Game Courier. (1)
Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
Modern Makruk. A fusion of Modern Chess and Makruk. (1)
Not-Particularly-New Chess. A fairly restrainted variant on a 9x8 board, with Cardinals, Unicorns and Jesters. (9x8, Cells: 72) (1)
Opulent Chess. A derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. (1)
Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
Quintessential chess. Large chess variants, with some pieces moving with a sequence of knight moves in a zigzag line. (10x10, Cells: 84) (1)
Renniassance Chess. With 68 pieces on board of 12 by 12. (12x10, Cells: 120) (1)
Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Schoolbook. 8x10 chess with the rook + knight and bishop + knight pieces added. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Seirawan Chess. It's Chess with the option to drop some additional pieces on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Sosarian Chess. 12x8 Game with Capablanca-type pieces plus two lions. (1)
Stone's Chess. Chess variant with the addition of two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
The Sultan's Game. Variant on 11 by 11 board from 19th century Germany. (11x11, Cells: 121) (1)
TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) (2)
TenCubes Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces (Zillions file). (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Teramachy. A chess variant between Metamachy and Terachess. (1)
Thunder Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (64x(8x8)) (1)
Treeleaders Chess. Large variant with non-similar armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) (1)
Turkish Chess. 8x10 board with different combination pieces, Vao and Pao. (8x10, Cells: 80) (1)
Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
UC-170-13. Universal Chess version featuring 170 different kind of major pieces and 13 different kind of pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Univers Chess. A Carrera's Chess variant based on Bruno Violet's Universal Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Universal Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Vanguard Chess. Game on 16x16 board, with 48 pieces per player. (16x16, Cells: 256) (1)
Variants playable against the diagram's AI. Index of variants that can be played against the interactive diagram. (1)
Very Heavy Chess. A lot of firepower with all compounds of classical chess pieces. (1)
Victorian Chess. Capablanca variant with the most powerful pieces starting on the outside. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Wide SOHO Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Archbishops, Marshalls, Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. (1)
Yangsi. A very playable chess variant with 12 different pieces on a 10x10 board. (1)

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