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2. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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   The chess variants listed below are derived from chess by changing one or more of the many rules of the game. The rules can be grouped into categories, from the most innocuous (starting position) to the most dramatic (adding chance/randomness to the gameplay after the initial piece placement).

3. ChessV - Wikipedia

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   Over 100 chess variants are supported, including the developer's few own variants [1] and other exotic variants, and can be programmed to play additional variants. ChessV is designed to be able to play any game that is reasonably similar to chess. ChessV is one of only a few such programs that exist. The source code of this program is freely ...

4. Chess variant - Wikipedia

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   A three-player chess variant which uses a hexagonal board. A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. [1] Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways. "International" or "Western" chess itself is one of a family of games which have related origins and could be considered variants of each other.

5. Minichess - Wikipedia

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   Minichess is a family of chess variants played with regular chess pieces and standard rules, but on a smaller board. [1] The motivation for these variants is to make the game simpler and shorter than standard chess. The first chess-like game implemented on a computer was the 6×6 chess variant Los Alamos chess. The low memory capacity of early ...

6. Four-player chess - Wikipedia

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   Four-player chess (also known as four-handed chess) is a family of chess variants played with four people. The game features a special board typically made of a standard 8×8 square, with 3 rows of 8 cells each extending from each side, and requires two sets of differently colored pieces.

7. The Chess Variant Pages - Wikipedia

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   The Chess Variant Pages is a non-commercial website devoted to chess variants. It was created by Hans Bodlaender in 1995. [1] The site is "run by hobbyists for hobbyists" and is "the most wide-ranging and authoritative web site on chess variants". [2] The site contains a large compilation of games with published rules.

8. Solving chess - Wikipedia

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   A variant first described by Claude Shannon provides an argument about the game-theoretic value of chess: he proposes allowing the move of “pass”. In this variant, it is provable with a strategy stealing argument that the first player has at least a draw thus: if the first player has a winning move in the initial position, let him play it, else pass.

9. Chess960 - Wikipedia

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   Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position of the pieces on the back rank. It was introduced by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1996 to reduce the emphasis on opening preparation and to encourage creativity in play.