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The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Retep wrote on Tue, Mar 11, 2008 01:52 PM UTC:

I have a question about the rules, I am not sure about the en passant rule.
The following rule is described:

'On squares passed over, the pawn can be taken en passant.'

Does this mean, if the pawn makes an initial double step en passant is
like in orthodox chess?

In case of an inital triple step, for example b2-b5, does it mean black
pawns a5, c5 could move to b4 taking away b5 OR black pawns a4, c4 move to
b3 taking away b5? 

It could also mean a5,c5,a4,c4 all must move to b4, though I don't think
so.
Thanks in advance for a clarification.

Chaos Chess. Pieces are placed randomly everywhere on the board before the game starts. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Peter Riesen wrote on Tue, Apr 1, 2008 07:58 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I thought about something like this, too (but a few years later). 
I like it very much, because the random factor can give less experienced players better chances in a single game and because it's simply crazy.

Because of that I added it to my site, where it can soon be played live (along with other chessvariants/games) against other players, of course I mentioned by whom and when it was invented. 

I would be honoured to play a game with its inventor. Anybody else may contact me, too: [email protected]

Insane. Pieces change to random type when they move. With program playing this variant.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Peter Riesen wrote on Fri, Apr 4, 2008 03:45 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I was looking for some chess variants which give less experienced players better chances and are a lot of fun. I think both conditions apply to Insane, that's why I added it to my site, where it can soon be played live (along with other chessvariants/games) against other players; of course I mentioned by whom and when it was invented. It would be nice to play a game with its inventor. For more information: [email protected]

Peter Riesen wrote on Sat, Apr 5, 2008 12:00 PM UTC:

Hello Rich, it's a nice idea to adjust a game so that the weaker player has a (small) advantage, although Insane already is very crazy and one of the chessvariants which sometimes give the weaker player chances (like the inventor says).

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Peter Riesen wrote on Wed, Apr 23, 2008 04:07 PM UTC:

Here you can play some chess variants against live opponents: Differentboards.com

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