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Two books on Kriegspiel

The following information is taken from an email, sent by David Li to me, March 1996 (with some minor editing by me).

David H. Li wrote two books on Kriegspiel. The first one, "Kriegspiel - Chess Under Uncertainty," (144 pages) was published in 1994 to critical acclaim. Following that success, he wrote a companion volume, "Chess Detective - Kriegspiel Strategies, Endgames, and Problems," (191 pages), 1995. Both volumes may be purchased from Premier Publishing Company, P O Box 341267, Bethesda MD 20827, USA. Each volume is at £ 12 (or its equivalent in European currency), excluding postage.

To further promote the game, David Li wrote an article, "Kriegspiel," which appeared in the October 1995 issue of Chess Monthly (London). He also published a 12-page 8-1/2 x 11, 3-column journal entitled "Kriegspiel Connoisseur," in August 1995. ( £ 2.50 airpost paid.) It features a Kriegspiel game from Sir Robert Robinson, the Nobel laureate in Chemistry and one-time president of the British Chess Federation; the game is fully annotated. Another Brilliancy game was also annotated, along with endgames and problems, etc.

David Li hopes to host a centennial Kriegspiel tournament in London in 1998. For this purpose he was in London last July to test its feasibility. Details of that visit were included in the "Kriegspiel Connoisseur" referenced above.

The address of David Li:

David H. Li, P O Box 341267, Bethesda Maryland 20827 USA
e-mail:(email removed contact us for address) ls.com

Buying the books

You can buy the books from Amazon.com. If you do it by following the following links, we will earn a small percentage, which will be used for the cost of having this website.

Alternatively, look in and/or order the books from a local bookshop or order it directly from David Li.

WWW page made by Hans Bodlaender.

WWW page created: 1996. Last modified: September 7, 1999.

The above was authored by: David Li. .
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Created on: January 01, 1996. Last modified on: November 07, 1999.

See also:

Kriegspiel. Problem solving competition. Author: Juraj Lörinc

Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. By: David Dana-Bashian

Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent Author: Hans L. Bodlaender Inventor: Henry Michael Temple

Romulan Chess. Kriegspiel variant: played with a referee where pieces cloak and uncloak Author: Steve Kramer and Hans L. Bodlaender

American Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, 2 players move w/o knowing the moves of the opponent, but know where P's can capture & what enemy fo Author: Ed Friedlander

Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen Author: Ed Friedlander Inventor: Hubert Philips

Discreet Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel with no information about pawn captures or checks; win by capturing the opposing king Author: Ed Friedlander

Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. Author: Ed Friedlander Inventor: Henry Michael Temple

Mafeking Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent, units adjacent by Knights (spies) are visable Author: Ed Friedlander Inventor: Hubert Philips

One-Eye Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and the Queen Author: Ed Friedlander

One-Eye Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and the Queen Author: Ed Friedlander

Original Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent (captured piece types revealed) Author: Ed Friedlander Inventor: Henry Michael Temple

Pickle Pot Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks Author: Ed Friedlander

Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks Author: Ed Friedlander

Welbeck Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent Author: Ed Friedlander Inventor: Hubert Philips

Kriegspiel - positions for solving. Five kriegspiel problems Author: Juraj Lörinc

Kriegspiel - positions for solving 2. More kriegspiel problems Author: Juraj Lörinc

A Kriegspiel problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender Inventor: Geoffrey Foster

A Kriegspiel problem. A Kriegspiel mate in two with solution Author: Hans L. Bodlaender Inventor: Geoffrey Foster

Kriegspiel problems. Two problems to solve Author: Henk Swart

Kriegspiel Referee. Program that serves as a Kriegspiel referee. (Link) Author: Mac Inventor: Henry Michael Temple

Kriegspiel - Cincinnati Style. A description of Kriegspiel as played in Cincinnati in the 1970's, with a discussion of why those particular rules were used Author: David Moeser

Chess Detective: Kriegspiel Strategies, Endgames and Problems. (Link) Author: David Li

Kriegspiel: Chess Under Uncertainty. (Link) Author: David Li

Kriegspiel Zillions v 2.0 file. Zillions file to play Kriegspiel against the computer. The human player's pieces are not hidden (Zillions of Games file) By: Andreas Kaufmann

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