Popular Chess Variants, by David Pritchard

The book will be 144 pages. It is aimed at chessplayers (thus the rules of chess are not given) and will cover 20 variants - those listed below. The rules of each variant are given followed by chat, tips on play and annotated game scores (a total of about 80 - 100 I think). A final chapter is devoted to telling the reader where he can find CV literature, clubs, correspondence tourneys, software, websites etc. PCV is due to be published December/January.

1. Extinction Chess
2. Racing Kings
3. Displacement Chess
4. Randomized Chess
5. Marseillais Chess
6. Double-move Chess
7. Losing Chess
8. Progressive Chess
9. Kriegspiel
10. Alice Chess
11. Triplets
12. Avalanche Chess
13. Hostage Chess
14. Co-ordinate Chess
15. Knight Relay Chess
16. Magnetic Chess
17. Dynamo Chess
18. Ultima
19. Chinese Chess
20. Japanese Chess

David Pritchard is a well known author of chess books and other board game books. More than a million copies were sold of his books. In chess variant circles, he is best known as the author of The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. He also is the chairman of the British Chess Variant Society.

More information

• Review of the book.
• Interview with David Pritchard.
• Review on The Chess Cafe. (Link.)

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