Chess Miscellanea
More Chess Variants
Other ways of modifying Chess games include
Allowing two or more moves at a time
Progressive Chess
Unorthodox ways of capturing
Compulsions and restrictions
Introducing new or captured men during play
Unorthodox pawn properties
Moving the opponent's men
Transporting and teleporting pieces
Unorthodox initial arrays
Different objectives of play
Wiping out all of the opponent's men
Wiping out all men of a kind
Reaching a fixed goal
Losing Chess
Multiple Boards
Chess puzzles
Great Chess, played on a larger (square or rectangular) board
Smaller (rectangular) boards
Unorthodox board shapes
Rectangular boards with extensions
Circular Chess
Noble Celts
Triangular and diamond-shaped boards
Boards containing cells of more than one shape
Spiral and figure-eight boards
Cylindrical, toroidal, and spherical boards
Addition, substitution or removal of pieces in standard chess (non-standard pieces are known as fairy pieces)
Games for partnerships, or three or more players
Modern Commercial Chess Variants
Shuuro
Turanga
The Art of Chess Sets
Pieces, Boards, Boxes, and Tables
Afrasiab Chessmen
Oldest chess set ever discovered, dating to about 700 CE
Unearthed by archaeologist Yuriy Buryakov in 1977
Nishapur Chessmen
Charlemagne Chessmen
Lewis Chessmen (12th Century Scotland)
Da Vinci Chessmen
Regency Chessmen
Biedermeier Chessmen
Ganine Chessmen
Giant Chessboards