Items Authored by Greg Strong
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Game
Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Greg Strong and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Opulent Chess. A derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). (10x10, Cells: 100) By Greg Strong.
Contest
Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Greg Strong.
Game Courier Tournament 2017. Chess Variant Tournament played on Game Courier in 2017. By Greg Strong.
Game Courier Tournament 2019. Chess Variant Tournament to be played on Game Courier. By Greg Strong.
Game
Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Greg Strong.
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (8x8x2, Cells: 132) By Greg Strong.
Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
Cataclysm. Large board game with short-range pieces designed to be dramatic without being overly complicated or dragging on too long. (12x16, Cells: 192) By Greg Strong.
Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong.
Diamond Chess. Based on orthodox chess but rotated 45 degrees (invented in 1886). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: A.K. Porterfield Rynd.
Grand Betza. A tribute to Ralph Betza on a 10x10 board with pawns on the third rank as in Grand Chess. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: John Davis.
Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Greg Strong and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Hubbub. A variant of Bruhaha with more short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
Kyoto Shogi. Modern 5x5 Shogi variant where pieces promote and unpromote with every move. Author: Greg Strong.
Mecklenbeck Chess. Pawns can promote on the sixth row. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Greg Strong. Inventor: Bernd Eickenscheidt.
Ministers Chess. Commercial variant on a 9x9 board with an extra Queen (called a Minister). Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Michael Corinthios.
Opulent Chess. A derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). (10x10, Cells: 100) By Greg Strong.
Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
Proximity Chess. Players must move pieces nearest to the arrival square of the last piece moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: W. H. Rawlings.
Roman Chess. Commercial chess variant on a 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
The Sultan's Game. Variant on 11 by 11 board from 19th century Germany. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Peguilhen.
Victorian Chess. Capablanca variant with the most powerful pieces starting on the outside. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: John Kipling Lewis and Greg Strong. Inventor: John Kipling Lewis and David Paulowich.
Graphics
Alfaerie SVG Piece Graphics. The Alfaerie set of piece graphics in scalable SVG format. Author: Greg Strong.
PBM
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! By Greg Strong.
Brouhaha. Preset for Brouhaha, a game that brings the ruckus! By Greg Strong.
Cataclysm. Large board variant with exciting, strategical play, and many powerful short-range pieces. By Greg Strong.
Chess with Terrain. Play Greg Strong's Chess with Terrain on Game Courier. By Greg Strong.
GraTiA. Preset for GraTiA, a blend of two historic variants. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Heavy Chess. Play Heavy Chess on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Hubbub. Preset for Hubbub, a short-range version of Brouhaha. By Greg Strong.
I-Chess. Play this 12x12 large board game with two new peices. Author: Greg Strong.
Kinglet. Play Kinglet, where you win by capturing all pawns. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Knightmate. Play Knightmate, where you win by mating the Knight. Author: Greg Strong.
Lions and Unicorns Chess. Play this large Chess variant with Lions and Unicorns. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: David Paulowich.
Opulent Chess. Play this derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). By Greg Strong.
Royal Court. Play Royal Court on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Sidney LeVasseur.
Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Shatranj Kamil (64). Modern Shatranj-based variant with new pieces. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: David Paulowich.
Sosarian Chess. 12x8 Game with Capablanca-type pieces plus two lions. By Greg Strong.
TenCubed Chess. Play TenCubed Chess on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: David Paulowich.
Very Heavy Chess. Play Very Heavy Chess on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Xhess. Decimal variant with Nightriders and Cannons. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: David Howe.
Piececlopedia
Phoenix. A piece which has the combined movements of the Wazir and the Alfil. Author: Greg Strong and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Reference
Castling Rules in Chess Variants. An investigation of castling rules in chess and chess variants. Author: Greg Strong.
Zillions
Opulent Chess
. Zillions file for Opulent Chess. By Greg Strong.
Polymorph Chess
. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. By Greg Strong.
Total items listed: 45