Chess With Incomplete Information

A

1. American Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, 2 players move w/o knowing the moves of the opponent, but know where P's can capture & what enemy fo. Author: Ed Friedlander.
2. Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
3. Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.

B

1. Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
3. Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alex . Inventor: Panos Louridas.
4. Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. Author: M Winther. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
5. Beirut Chess. One unit is secretly carrying a bomb. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
6. Black Swan. Pieces are replaced by Black Swans with unpredictable outcomes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
7. Blind Shogi. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
8. Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
9. Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robbie Manson.
10. Bookie Chess. An online game generator which combines chess and gambling. By Tyler Wong.
11. Books on Kriegspiel. Missing description Author: David Li.

C

1. Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Chess Detective: Kriegspiel Strategies, Endgames and Problems. Missing description Author: David Li.
3. Chess Plus Plus Deck. Chess with special cards. Free!! By James Hutchings.
4. Chess with wickets. The wicket is behind the King's 1. (8x8, Cells: 66) By (zzo38) A. Black.
5. Conditional Quantum Chess. You may move to two squares each turn, but only one is a real move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
6. Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.

D

1. Dark Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
2. Dark Chess . You can see all of your pieces, but only those of your opponent that you attack. Author: Andreas Kaufmann. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
3. Dark Chess II. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
4. Dark Chess variants. Possible other rules for Dark(ness) Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dennis Merritt and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dennis Merritt.
5. Darkness Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jens Baek Nielsen.
6. Deception Chess. Each piece has two identities, Cloak and concealed Base. By Greg Shanker.
7. Delayed Chess. Only see your opponent's moves that are two moves old. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Peter Obermair.
8. Diplomacy chess. Simultaneously selected moves are only carried out when they do not conflict. By João Pedro Neto.
9. Discreet Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel with no information about pawn captures or checks; win by capturing the opposing king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. The Disguised King. Unknown pawn becomes royal piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
11. Disguised King I. A secret royal pawn must be protected. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
12. Disguised King II. Win by capturing the secret royal pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.

F

1. Fog of War Chess. Players can only see certain squares. Plays on a computer application. Author: William Lee Sims. Inventor: Cameron Hendricks.
2. Fog of War Chess. Players can only see certain squares. Plays on a computer application. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: William Lee Sims. Inventor: Cameron Hendricks.
3. For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Lennert.

G

1. Genetess. A play-by-email game with genetically encoded pieces. By Robert Kydd.

H

1. Hidden Random Chess. This is a two-player game that incorporates the element of chance in chess. By Prussia General.

I

1. Identific Chess. Place undifferentiated units, then choose who they are after they. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
2. Interview with David Li. Interview with the author about his books on Kriegspiel. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
3. Intrigue. Players each select a pawn which holds the king's secret position. By Nigel Chapman.
4. Intrigue. Capturing a particular pawn places the enemy king on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Nigel Chapman.
5. Invisible King Chess. Opponent can't see where you moved your king to. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.

K

1. Kira Chess/Kira Shogi. "Kira" and "L" pieces which is not known by your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.
3. Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.
4. Kriegspiel. Problem solving competition. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
5. Kriegspiel - Cincinnati Style. A description of Kriegspiel as played in Cincinnati in the 1970's, with a discussion of why those particular rules were used.
6. Kriegspiel - positions for solving. Five kriegspiel problems. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
7. Kriegspiel - positions for solving 2. More kriegspiel problems. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
8. A Kriegspiel problem. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Geoffrey Foster.
9. A Kriegspiel problem. A Kriegspiel mate in two with solution. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Geoffrey Foster.
10. Kriegspiel problems. Two problems to solve. Author: Henk Swart.
11. Kriegspiel Referee. Program that serves as a Kriegspiel referee. Author: Mac . Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.
12. Kriegspiel Zillions v 2.0 file . Zillions file to play Kriegspiel against the computer. The human player's pieces are not hidden. By Andreas Kaufmann.
13. Kriegspiel: Chess Under Uncertainty. Missing description Author: David Li.

L

1. Lag Chess. The last move made by your opponent is not known to you. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
2. Li, David. Interview with the author about his books on Kriegspiel. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

M

1. Memory CardChess for Four. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where it was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
2. Memory CardChess for Teams. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remembers where it was.
3. Memory CardChess for Three. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where is was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Memory CardChess for Two. Like regular CardChess, but cards are flipped face down when not moving. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. Minefield Chess. Two of your squares have hidden mines that can destroy an enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. Minesweeper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
7. Mystery Chess. An imperfect information variant you can play online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ross Gillies.

O

1. One-Eye Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and the Queen. Author: Ed Friedlander.
2. One-Eye Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and the Queen. Author: Ed Friedlander.
3. Original Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent (captured piece types revealed). Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.

P

1. Phantom. Classical Chess featuring an invisible Phantom piece. By Simon Edward Jepps.
2. Phantom Chess. Undefended pieces become "phantoms". (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
3. Pickle Pot Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. Poison Pawn Chess. Capture the wrong pawn and you lose. Author: calebmcc111. Inventor: Samay Raina.

R

1. Romulan Chess. Kriegspiel variant: played with a referee where pieces cloak and uncloak. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Steve Kramer and Hans L. Bodlaender.

S

1. Secret Agent Chess. Each player chooses one opposing minor piece to be a secret agent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
2. Secret Bombs Chess. Secret bombs with cards telling you where they are. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3. Secret Intelligence Chess. A game of secrecy, disinformation, and detection. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
4. Secret King. A chess variant with 10 Knights, and a Secret King. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Florin Lupusoru.
5. Secret Stallmate. Both players win if stalemated, but information is secret and setup is random. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
6. Side view chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
7. Strate-Go Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
8. Sun Tzu Chess. Limited information chess inspired by Chinese Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.

T

1. TelnChes. Some games played by program TelnChes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Through the Looking-Glass. Alice chess, but you see only a board. (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Paolo .
3. Touring Chess. Pieces can either move normally or leap on a Knight's tour only known in advance to the referee. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
4. Transactional Chess. Moves are grouped into transactions, which are not visible to your opponent until committed. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
5. Two Pronged Chess. 2 "simultaneous" moves per turn with separate pieces. By John Whelan.

U

1. Unbland Chess. Diagonal moves are usually (but not always) prohibited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Unknown Drop Shogi. It is unknown what kind of piece your opponent dropped. By (zzo38) A. Black.
3. Unknown Off-Pieces Shogi. Pieces placed from outside of the board are unknown to opponent. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.

V

1. Verve. A real-time, hidden information, chess variant for playing online! By David Potter.
2. Verve Chess: Attacking with VERVE: Chess for the digital age. An interview with the inventor of Verve Chess. and David Potter. Inventor: David Potter.

W

1. Warlord Chess Review. 4-player chess with modified board and special moves. Author: Kevin Peterson.
2. Welbeck Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
3. Welbeck Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.

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