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.

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Total items listed: 45