Item Index Information

Bird's Chess is a game information page. It is categorized as: Two dimensional, Large board.

Bird's Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 8 board from 19th century England. (10x8, Cells: 80)

Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and John Gollon. Inventor: Henry Bird.

Other Information

The board used for this game has 8 row(s), 10 column(s), 80 cells/squares.
This game is a 2 player game.
Invented in the year 1874. [1873-1875]. [1869-1879].

Other Options

• Browse items that also start with the letter B.
• Browse items that also start with the letters Bi.
• Browse items that also start with the letters Bir.
• Browse similar items.
• Browse items with a similar board.
• Add a comment or rate this item.
• Skip to comments section.

See Also

SELECT * FROM IndexEntry LEFT JOIN Item USING (ItemID) WHERE LinkItemID = 'TheEmperorsGame' AND IsHidden=0 AND IsDeleted=0 ORDER BY CONCAT(Type,LinkText)

• Bird's Chess. Large variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henry Bird.
• Kaiserspiel. Play the this 19th century variant, a.k.a. The Emperor's Game, on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Peguilhen.

SELECT * FROM IndexEntry LEFT JOIN Item USING (ItemID) WHERE LinkItemID = 'capablanca' AND IsHidden=0 AND IsDeleted=0 ORDER BY CONCAT(Type,LinkText)

• Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
• Capablanca Chess. 8x10 board variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
• Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess with Jocly. Author: The Jocly Team. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
• Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess on the Play-by-Mail system! Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
• Capablanca's Chess Photographs. Pictures of a set based on Capablanca's 8x10 variant. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
• Chess problem - joke. chess problem-joke. By Namik Zade.
• Capablanca Chess program. A DOS program for Capablanca's chess, based upon GNU chess. Author: William Angel. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
• A fool's mate in Capablanca's chess. Example of fool's mate when playing Capablanca's chess. Author: David Paulowich. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
• Capablanca's chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
• Large Chess ZRF . ZRF for Capablanca's Chess plus variants: Bird's, Aberg's, Grotesque, Univers, Embassy, Janus, Archbishop, New Chancellor + more. Author: Fergus Duniho.

SELECT * FROM IndexEntry LEFT JOIN Item USING (ItemID) WHERE LinkItemID2 = 'capablanca' AND IsHidden=0 AND IsDeleted=0 ORDER BY CONCAT(Type,LinkText)

• Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Hans Aberg.
• Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
• Embassy Chess. A 10x8 variant based on Grand Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Kevin Hill.
• Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Fergus Duniho.
• Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.
• Ladorean Chess - Shaco Ladorean. Variation on Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Bernhard U. Hermes. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Univers Chess. A Carrera's Chess variant based on Bruno Violet's Universal Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Fergus Duniho.
• Victorian Chess. Capablanca variant with the most powerful pieces starting on the outside. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: John Kipling Lewis and Greg Strong. Inventor: John Kipling Lewis and David Paulowich.
• Grotesque Chess. Play Grotesque Chess with Jocly. Author: Fergus Duniho and The Jocly Team. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Modern Carrera's Chess. Play Modern Carrera's Chess with Jocly. Author: Fergus Duniho and The Jocly Team. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Sam Trenholme.
• Univers Chess. Play Univers Chess with Jocly. Author: Fergus Duniho and The Jocly Team. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Play this variation on the Play-by-Email system! Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Hans Aberg.
• Embassy Chess. Play this modern Bird's Chess variant based on the setup of Grand Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Kevin Hill.
• Grotesque Chess. Play this variant of Capablanca's Chess that leaves no Pawns unprotected. By Fergus Duniho.
• Janus Chess. Play Janus Chess on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.
• Modern Carrera's Chess. Play this modern version of Carrera's Chess on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Sam Trenholme.
• Univers Chess. Play this Carrera's Chess variant with no unprotected Pawns on Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
• Victorian Chess. Play Victorian Chess on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Paulowich and John Kipling Lewis.

Index Maintenance

Group ID 'TheEmperorsGame'