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Kriegspiel is a game information page. It is categorized as: Two dimensional, War game, Hidden information.
Kriegspiel. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) (Recognized!)
Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.
Web page created: 1996-03-01. Web page last updated: 1996-03-01
This more than one century old chess variant has a steady group of enthousiastic players and three books written on it. Playing Kriegspiel well may not be easy, but rewarding. The complexity comes in this variant from the fact that there are many things about the position you cannot know, but some you can guess or deduce. Kriegspiel is often played over the board, with help of a referee, but also on chess servers on the Internet. It is occasionally used as a theme in fairy chess problem compositions.
The board used for this game has 8 row(s), 8 column(s), 3 levels/boards, 192 cells/squares.
This game is a 2 player game.
Kriegspiel. Problem solving competition. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
Romulan Chess. Kriegspiel variant: played with a referee where pieces cloak and uncloak. (8x8, Cells: 64) 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. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
Discreet Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel with no information about pawn captures or checks; win by capturing the opposing king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.
Mafeking Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent, units adjacent by Knights (spies) are visable. (8x8, Cells: 64) 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. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
One-Eye Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Original Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent (captured piece types revealed). (8x8, Cells: 64) 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. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Welbeck Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) 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. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Mac . Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.
Books on Kriegspiel. Author: David Li.
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. 
(8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: David Li.
Kriegspiel: Chess Under Uncertainty. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) 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. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andreas Kaufmann.
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| Kriegspiel. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) (Recognized!) | ||||
Kriegspieler  | Good | Nice page. If anyone wants to play realtime krieg online try www.chessclub.com. It's wild number 16 on there. | View [*] | |
| Jim Humberd | None | Here is a story about Kreigspiel , as found on my web site at http://www.travel-tidbits.com/tidbits/003629.shtml, a portion of my “Computer Memories,” as found on my Travel-Tidbits.com site. This took place over 40 years ago. | View [*] | |
Michael Howe  | None | No need to feel foolish, Roberto. We CV enthusiasts were the most foolable, because we know that Kriegspiel is a real variant that has been studied and played extensively. I'm glad that the M-Tel no-draw-offer story was real, and apparently a lot of readers though that IT was also an April Fool's story! | Edit View [*] | |
| Roberto Lavieri | None | Oh, no!. From Chessbase: 'April 1st: Forbidden draws or Kriegspiel tournament? 03.04.2005 It happens to us, year after year. We always forget that at the beginning of this month people are celebrating a pagan ritual known as 'April Fool'...'. I have to admit: it was perfectly elaborated, not only the browser-friendly tables of scores, but photos and annotated high level games. Good job, and I feel foolish. | Edit View [*] | |
| Michael Howe | None | If so, it's a very elaborate one, complete with browser-friendly game scores. I guess we'll find out next week, when they either do or do not report the results of the next rounds! | Edit View [*] | |
| Number of ratings: 4, Average rating: Good, Number of comments: 11 | ||||
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