Chess256 (on the ChessWise3 app) has numerous starting positions all of which involve moving one or more pawns forward one rank. Black's pieces mirror whites. A web search failed to reveal any info about Chess256.
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take a look at persian chess if you like to play citadel variants
http://www.persianchess.com/
I also like Progressive chess. Assume this means White gets 1 move, Black gets 2 moves, White gets 3 moves etc. and check ends a series of moves.
Is this Progressive chess?
Here is a variant I would love to watch here on chess.com...
1. get 4 very strong players--2 players White vs 2 players Black
Players A and B are partners vs players C and D.
Player A makes the first move, consulting with his partner is forbidden
Player C makes the first response, consulting with his partner is forbidden
Player B makes the next move for White, consulting with his partner is forbidden
Player D makes the next response, consulting with his partner is forbidden.
This can make a very interesting game to watch for all. Hope this happens sometime on chess.com ....
Jul 3, 2015
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enhorning wrote:
Shogi - Japanese chess, with drops
XiangQi - Chinese chess, with the General (King) restricted to his fortress
JangGi - Korean chess, cousin of XiangQi, but slightly more interesting
Makruk - Thai chess, pawns start on third rank and promote on sixth... but only to low-powered Queens.
Shatranj - old Persian / Arabic chess, baring the king or stalemating it are wins too
I wouldn't call these games "variants"; though there have been counter-arguments to this in the past, which I have found rather thoguhtful.
On the other hand, your posting these as the first items on your list implies the awareness that these are standard national chess games, which may not be suited for the "variance" definition.
Aug 6, 2015
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Millennium Chess: it's a simple and elegant take on 3D chess, with more strategy because of the new dimension. http://www.chess.com/blog/ijgeoffrey
idk (not sure it's a great idea) but I'm glad this is alive :D
I enjoy Losing / Reverse / Suicide Chess. (same game, different names). There are moves leading to forced loss everywhere, you need eyes on the back of your head to survive.
FM Malachi1971 and I are looking for players to join us in playing Progressive Chess. If you are at all interested---please message me.
Chasden wrote:
Is there a variant where, when you capture a piece, both that piece and the one you used to capture are removed from the board?
This is called Kamikaze Chess on chessvariants.org .
In general pieces that self-destruct on capture are called kamikaze pieces. Atomic Chess is a more violent version of this, where also neighboring non-Pawns of both sides are destroyed.
A less-well-known version of neighbor destruction occurs in the historic Japanese game Tenjiku Shogi: one of the pieces participating there is the Fire Demon, which 'burns' all neighboring opponents after its move. It can even burn opponents 'passively': any piece landing on a square next to an enemy Fire Demon (by capture or non-capture) will self-destruct.
That reminds me that the self-destruction could also be made a property of the captured piece, rather than the one that captures it, as in kamikaze pieces. (One could call this 'booby-trapped' pieces.) Note that in Kamikaze Chess the King is not a kamikaze piece, and can capture with impunity.
I like Progressive Chess where White makes a move, Black makes 2 moves, White makes 3 moves etc. A check ends the series.
However have found a variant I like even better. It is rather simple [and this is one reason it is a good variant]--It is called 3 check. It is played the same as regular chess except you can also win by having a total of 3 checks against your opponent's king. So that first check is very important--it is probably worth a little less than a minor piece.
Here are a couple of problems from a couple of my games:
Black to play:
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Here is another 3 check problem. Assume White has already made 1 check against Black. Black to move...
I like Benedict 960.
It's Benedict Chess but with randomised start positions.
In Benedict chess whenever a piece moves, any enemy piece it is attacking from the new square changes sides.
The aim of the game is to attack the enemy King, changing its colour.
My favourite chess variants are Xianqi, Shogi, Chu Shogi, Dai Shogi, Regimental Chess, Sovereign Chess, Terachess and Giant Chess because I like large chess variants and chess variants with fairy pieces.
Capablanca chess is great
Kushal_Thapa_Magar wrote:
My favourite chess variants are Xianqi, Shogi, Sho Shogi, Chu Shogi, Dai Shogi, Tenjiku Shogi, Dai Dai Shogi, Maka Dai Dai Shogi, Tai Shogi, Taikyoku Shogi, Ancient Battle Chess, Regimental Chess, Sovereign Chess, Terachess and Giant Chess because I like large chess variants and chess variants with fairy pieces.
In that case you might also appreciate Scirocco, a 10x10 variant with 18 different piece types that all can promote to another 18 different piece types. WIth only 27 pieces per side it is still quite playable.
Progressive chess is awesome. I wish it were implemented here, or on any website, for that matter.