Nice one Stig, I hate that Scandanavian.
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No, variants (like chess 960 and suicide chess) not openings.
Although i'll count that as 'chess'.
shogi, xiangqi, seirawan chess, progressive chess, 3 dimensional chess, dark chess, blindfold chess, 'Weak!', bughouse, pairs
Stigmatisert wrote:
finns wrote:
No variants (like ... suicide chess) not openings ...
I felt the your term suicide chess "may" point at my example of variant/opening line
In case it did, I edited my previous post and added a game example where I used the beginning of the opening line presented.
Ruby-Fischer wrote:
Nice one Stig, I hate that Scandanavian.
I never play The Scandinavian as black, except when I am very bored of playing blitz- and bullet games of chess.
Do you hate The Scandinavian in general, my gambit variant especially - or me who actually is a Scandinavian???!
Well hate is a strong word, I mean I dont like playing white against the Scandanavian.
Scandanavians seem a very pleasant, polite and well educated group. 
DO NOT POST OPENINGS
POST VARIANTS
JamieKowalski wrote:
Here's a massive list to start you off: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_variant
Im not accepting that as you used the internet
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finns wrote:
JamieKowalski wrote:
Here's a massive list to start you off: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_variant
Im not accepting that as you used the internet
We're all using the internet, Chester.
Finns a tough guy to please
Stig, your going to get into trouble....
Oh, of course, that might be acceptable then.
No one else have contributed in this thread. Perhaps you ought to explain.
What is your understanding of variants?
You mix up 'variant' with 'variation'. A variation is a sequence of moves (as in an opening line). A variant is a game with rules that differ from FIDE Chess, but are still sufficiently Chess-like to be not considered a completely independent game.
Blindfold Chess is not really a variant, just a different mode of playing.
I know most others on the list (except 'weak' and pairs); 3D Chess isn't really a well-defined variant; there are many forms of 3D Chess. I don't really understand the point of limiting us to the given list; it seems rather arbitrary. For instance, Makruk, which is one of the World's major Chess variants (played by millions, in Thailand) and Jiangi (idem in Korea) are not listed. Chu Shogi is an ancient form of Shogi that is still widely played in Japan. A lot of 'Western' variants with a large player base (Omega Chess, Seirawan Chess, Gothic Chess) are also missing.
i know but 3-way chess is more fun and more equal
I would like you to post all the variants of chess you know that are in this list.
Normal chess
Chess960
Suicide chess
Shogi chess
Dark chess
Xiangi chess
'Weak'
Progressive chess
3D chess
Blindfold chess
Bughouse
Pairs
4-way chess
Makruk
Jiangi
Chu Shogi
Omega chess
seirawan chess
Gothic chess
3-way chess
trancendental chess
chess 2880
economy chess
NO WEBLINKS