Check out Atomic Chess, our featured variant for November, 2024.

Since Java is no longer supported in most browsers, our Java applets probably will not run unless you install an extension that will run them. We recommend installing the CheerpJ Applet Runner extension on Edge, Chrome, or another Chromium browser. If your browser still does support Java, and you're not using this extension, make sure this site is listed in your Java exceptions list. You should find this in the Security tab of your Java control panel.

Ranson's Chess

If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Ranson's Chess here.
Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once

J. von Ranson, 1820. The amazon can move only four times, and can only attack the opposing king as a knight. If a king moves to the opposite king's starting square, a queen appears alongside if the square is vacant. Soldiers promote to file pieces; I chose to promote to a queen on the king's file.

Hans Bodlaender's Chess Variants

Ed's Chess Variants

These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.

Bug reports? -- Thank you! Keep them coming!

Written by Ed Friedlander

WWW Page Added: Sunday, December 30, 2001