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- Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.Tandem Chess, known under a large number of different names, is a widely played multiplayer chess variant. Tandem Chess players know that this game provides a lot of fun. Many regard it as an ideal way to spend some time after a serious match at the chess club - except sometimes those who are still playing such serious matches, as this may also be the noisiest chess variant there is. The game is played all over this world, and is in particular popular by younger players, although there are occasional tournaments organized where good chess players participate.
<b>Recognized Variant of the Month for March 2002.</b>
- Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.Scientists differ in their opinions what was the first variant of chess. Especially in the end of the 19th century, there were chess historians who believed that a variant of chess for four players, Chaturanga or Chaturaji, was the first variant. Two player variants would be, in this theory, formed by unifying two armies, replacing the second king by a different piece.
The game is fun to play, with or without dice, although it seems a game of mostly luck and little skill when the game is played with dice.
- Chessapeak Challenge Tourney edition (photo's). Large (one meter square board) size edition of four player chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Chessapeak Porta-Challenge. Photo's of pocket edition of multiplayer chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.If I should give a reward for the best design of commercial chess variant sets, then I would choose Chessapeak Challenge, in particular for their pocket edition, and king-size tournament editions. For a modest amount of money, you can buy the magnetic pocket size set, which has a clever design and looks very good. This is a perfect item in someones collection of chess variant sets. The large tournament edition, made from soft-plastic has a board of size about a square meter large and looks impressive.
<p>Apart being good-looking, the game is also very playable. This game belongs to a family of four-player chess variants on a cross-shaped board. Due some additional rules (in particular around the movement of pawns for which there are specifically marked squares on the board), this is one of the better playable games from that family. It is suitable for more and less serious play. Having a good partner is as important as this is in other team games like bridge, but I still recommend the team variant over the variant where each player plays for himself.
- Recognized Chess Variants. Index page listing the variants we feel are most significant. (Recognized!)
- Siamese Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.Tandem Chess, known under a large number of different names, is a widely played multiplayer chess variant. Tandem Chess players know that this game provides a lot of fun. Many regard it as an ideal way to spend some time after a serious match at the chess club - except sometimes those who are still playing such serious matches, as this may also be the noisiest chess variant there is. The game is played all over this world, and is in particular popular by younger players, although there are occasional tournaments organized where good chess players participate.
<b>Recognized Variant of the Month for March 2002.</b>