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Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Mon, Jun 9, 2003 10:28 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Crazyhouse is one of my favorite chess variants. Zillions plays it not
especially strong, so you need to download Sunsetter or Sjeng, which play
really good. I even created a WinBoard adapter for Zillions (see
http://www.geocities.com/andreas_kaufmann2000/winboard_adapter.htm) to
have a convinient way to play against these engines.

Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Thu, Sep 11, 2003 10:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Great game! Any plans to make PBM-preset for it?

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Sun, Sep 14, 2003 08:31 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Thank you, Tony! Your PBM preset is very nice! I like especially Anti-King Chess II, if anybody wants to play it, please invite me to the game!

Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Fri, Nov 7, 2003 11:10 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Can anybody create a game courier preset for Marseillais Chess (Balanced variant)? Thanks!

Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Tue, Nov 11, 2003 10:29 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

The game Anti-King II is very interesting, still it seems to be that Anti-King prevents development of pieces too much. Wouldn't it improve the game by having a 'transparent' Anti-King? All pieces and pawns would be allowed to move throw the position occupied by 'transparent' Anti-King, as if it would be empty.

Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Sun, Feb 22, 2004 10:25 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

You can also play Crazyhouse on http://www.schemingmind.com/

Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Mon, Aug 23, 2004 06:56 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

This is really a very interesting game! It can be played now also on <a href=http://www.brainking.com>BrainKing server.

Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Mon, Feb 14, 2005 03:56 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Which piece is stronger, General or Elephant? Is it worth to exchange General or Elephant for two pawns? Are there any writings from 1000 years ago about piece values in Shatranj :-) ?

Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Sat, Jul 9, 2005 08:49 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Are there a ZRF on this game? Does anybody already tried out how strong
plays software sold on http://www.chaturanga.com ? From screenshot is
looks quite professionally made.

Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Sun, Jan 29, 2006 10:05 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

ZRF with a nice graphics can be downloaded from my homepage. ZRF is by J. Mark Thompson and Ivan A Derzhanski, graphics created by me.

Seirawan Chess A game information page

. invented by GM Yasser Seirawan, a conservative drop chess (zrf available).[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Thu, Sep 13, 2007 09:23 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Very original and interesting idea about how to introduce 'new' pieces R+N and B+N to chess. Advantages over 8x10 and 10x10 variants are obvious: starting position stays the same (with usual opening patterns). The board dimension stays the same, so balance in piece values is retained. I think the names for these pieces chosen by Seirawan are fine: since ordinary chess player donesn't know them anyway, no problem to come with names you like more.

Recycle Chess. Players can capture and drop their own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Fri, Jan 14, 2011 09:32 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I think the most natural rule is that you can't capture your own king. This is a rule used on BrainKing.com (see http://brainking.com/en/GameRules?tp=98).
The game is really fun to play!

Tandem Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 08:23 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Any volunteers to create Game Courier preset for 2-player bughouse, like described in 'Bughouse per e-mail' section? Looks like a fun game!

Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Andreas Kaufmann wrote on Sat, Feb 19, 2011 08:55 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

There is a nice freeware to play 'Hostage Chess': http://www.hostagechess.com/download.html

On the first start of the program I got an error message about non-existing directory, but after I created the required directory (Documente/HostageChess), it works without any problems.

The AI strength of computer opponent is pretty good already by 5 sec/move, so if you like Hostage Chess it is really worth to install.

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