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If chess is inexhaustible, so are its variants and variations. They include precursors like chaturanga and cousins like shogi. Has the variant you dreamed up already been invented by someone else? Find out from these sites.
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The Chess Variant Pages
Huge site with high-quality information on chess variants. Covers ancestors of modern chess. Chess960.info
Landing page for the Fischer Random Chess (FRC) email club and forum. Fischer Random Chess (Chess960)
Article written by David A. Wheeler; also used on Wikipedia. Bughouse.net
For four players. 'Don't lose a Knight!'. SchemingMind.com Variants
Brief description of all chess variants available on the Scheming Mind server; play them using email. ChessClub.com (ICC) Variants
'Playing "Wild" Chess Variants : ICC offers a number of chess variants. All of them are grouped under the rating category of wild, except for bughouse, which has its own rating category.' FreeChess.org (FICS) Variants
All help files in alphabetical order. Variants on the popular free server include Bughouse and Crazyhouse. USChessLive.org Variants
'There are many different types of chess you can play on Chess Live. Crazyhouse, Suicide, Wild, Bughouse, Atomic'; online play server. Zillions of Games
'The first infinitely expandable PC gaming system.' Chess in the Round
Two player game on a round surface that looks like a dartboard. Twice as many pawns as usual. From White Bear Enterprises. Chessapeak
A four player game on a square board using the traditional rules. Three Man Chess in the Round
Three players on a round board use the traditional rules. |
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