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Russian Stacking Chess

If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Russian Stacking Chess here.
Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once

Units captured by either side (hostile or friendly) become part of a stack. Move part or all of a stack. Pawns promote to file pieces, king's pawn to amazon. I allowed castling only if the rook has never been in a stack.

Russian Chess

Chess Variants

These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.

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Written by Ed Friedlander

WWW Page Added: Friday, June 13, 2003