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Ki Shogi. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]How interesting! I wonder why you implemented it in Zillions, however, as it is has a very high branching factor.
Ecumenical Chess. Set of Variants incorporating Camels and Camel compound pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I think that piece would be too powerful, because it so excellently controls the surrounding area with a radius of two squares, can mate by itself, and has excellent development.
HyperModern Shatranj. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I would prefer if the General could jump, being consistent with the Elephant.
But are not Ferzes classified as leapers? Therefore, the General should jump, as both the Alfil and the Elephant jump.
Courier Chess Moderno. A modern variant of the historical variant Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Despite the improvement of the game via the Pawns and Elephants (and, of course, the modern rules), there are still two ridiculously weak pieces in the game: namely, the Queen and Schleich. I would recommend combining them into another Man, and using the Bishop Adjustment Rule.
Mêlée. Variant on 9 by 9 board with 9 different pieces and castle square that must be occupied. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Actually, the Pawns are, excluding the General, the strongest pieces in the game. The Prince is royal, the Bishop cannot access the Castle, and the Horses, Camels, and Elephants are more awkward than them. One suggestion to this game would be to lessen the General's power, somehow, to fit with the rest of the pieces, and to have the Bows on the right of the Swords, making more of them able to access the Castle.
Review: Sammy Seahorse Teaches Chess. A review.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I wonder what the exact scenario was with the devil and Capablanca.
The ShortRange Project. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I doubt anyone would want to make a Scirocco preset, the game being so complicated.
Courier Chess Moderno. A modern variant of the historical variant Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I would recommend combining them into another Man, and using the Bishop Adjustment Rule.
Note the 'and'. If they are combined into another Man, the board will have the Couriers on the same colour if the board is appropriately reduced. You can also use a 'Queen Adjustment Rule' in your standard variant. Also, the Knight and the Bishop, and perhaps the Man, are much weaker than the Courier on this board. Garry Kasparov has said this to even be true in many cases in FIDE Chess.
Note the 'and'. If they are combined into another Man, the board will have the Couriers on the same colour if the board is appropriately reduced. You can also use a 'Queen Adjustment Rule' in your standard variant. Also, the Knight and the Bishop, and perhaps the Man, are much weaker than the Courier on this board. Garry Kasparov has said this to even be true in many cases in FIDE Chess.
The ShortRange Project. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I recommend e-mailing David Howe at david_cvp@yahoo.com. I, too, had a problem with becoming a registered user. Perhaps you can create a small variant for a change! ;)
Courier Chess Moderno. A modern variant of the historical variant Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I still wonder why you would allow a Queen on just one colour per side, with your experience with Modern Chess' Bishop Adjustment Rule. Perhaps it is counteracted by your experience with Makruk? By the way, having Queens of both sides on the same colour makes the game more passive. Have you not played a Bishop endgame?
So not even a Queen Adjustment Rule? I didn't say it had to be the modern Queen.
Then could you not apply the same logic to Modern Chess Bishops? Sorry if I'm seeming argumentative. Another alternative would be to have a Wazir Queen, and two Ferz Schleiches flanking the King and Queen, since you seem to like weak pieces.
Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Even if you cannot afford to lose tempi, I think it would be a better game if it wasn't better named as Pocket PROMOTION Chess.
The site only works sometimes with Google's Chrome browser. I can access the Main Index and Recognized Variants, but not the What's New page, like when the site is down normally.
Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]A King reaching a back row has no effect on the game.
Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Weltschach. 3d Wildeurasian variant including Unicorn and Sling moves and covering all 2nd-perimeter destinations. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Why don't you try some small variants for a change, Charles? Extrapolating isn't all that creative.
Prime Number Contest. Yes, just as the title says! I hope this is legal![All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I suggest... KNIGHT B5. CHECK. I mean... uh... Why don't you allow displacement capture on the edge of the board? Or have a ring board as in Jumping Chess? But, really, you should have different capturing for different pieces, or the game is monotonous. 75% of a game is the capturing.
Unidirectional arrays on standard boards. Both players in the same direction, as Viking Chess, but on boards of correspondiyng face-to-face variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]You accidentally made one of the Kings a Rook in the Shogi variant. The Shogi variant is terrible, also, because Shogi pieces are meant to go forward, toward the enemy, or they're useless.
Grande Acedrex. A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I suggest the following pieces: Gryphon - Moves as jumping Moa, but may continue orthogonally in the same direction. Crocodile - Moves as Bishop. Giraffe - Moves as Bison. Unicorn - Moves as jumping Mao, but may continue diagonally in the same direction. Lion - Moves as Alibaba. Rook - Moves as Rook.
HiveQueen. Missing description (Cells: 61) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Please explain the movement of the pieces better. Of what I understand, this seems like more of a Go or Reversi type game than a Chess type game.
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