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Duchess (chess Variant)
Duchess is a chess variant for 2+ players, created by Alan Blair and John Kramer in 1985 with the help of Mike Blair and Warwick Hooke. It supports 2-6 players in either free-for-all, 2v2, or 3v3 formats, and has largely the same rules as standard chess. Notable inclusions are three fairy chess pieces and a central "vortex" space being used for promotion rather than the back rank. Board layout A Duchess board consists of six 5x4 flaps surrounding a larger hexagonal section, which itself consists of two rings of squares (5-to-a-side, then 3-to-a-side) surrounding the central hexagonal "vortex" space. Only the flaps for which there is a corresponding color in play are used in a game; the rest are either removed or simply ignored. Both the central vortex and the corners of each petal are black. Each color has the same starting positions, on the back three rows of its corresponding flap. The starting flap for each color may vary, but two colors on the same team cannot be on adjacen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess Variant
A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. 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. Chess developed from '' chaturanga'', from which other members of this family, such as ''shatranj'', Tamerlane chess, '' shogi'', and ''xiangqi'' also evolved. Many chess variants are designed to be played with the equipment of regular chess. Most variants have a similar public-domain status as their parent game, but some have been made into commercial proprietary games. Just as in traditional chess, chess variants can be played over the board, by correspondence, or by computer. Some internet chess servers facilitate the play of some variants in addition to orthodox chess. In the context of chess problems, chess variants are called heterodox chess or fairy chess. Fairy chess variants tend to be created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess (chess)
The princess is a fairy chess piece that can move like a bishop or a knight. It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a bishop but may do so when moving as a knight. The piece has acquired many names and is frequently called archbishop or cardinal; it may also simply be called the bishop+knight compound. Chess moves in this article use ''A'' as notation for the princess. Movement The princess can move as a bishop or a knight. History and nomenclature The princess is one of the most simply described fairy chess pieces and as such has a long history and has gone by many names. It was first used in Turkish Great Chess, a large medieval variant of chess, where it was called the ''vizir'' (not to be confused with the piece more commonly referred to as the wazir today, which is the (1,0) leaper). It was introduced in the West with Carrera's chess, a chess variant from 1617, where it was called a ''centaur'', and has been used in many chess variants since then. The n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress (chess)
The empress is a fairy chess piece that can move like a rook or a knight. It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a rook but may do so when moving as a knight. The piece has acquired many names and is frequently called chancellor or marshal. Chess moves in this article use ''C'' as notation for the empress. Movement The empress can move as a rook or a knight. History and nomenclature The empress is one of the most simply described fairy chess pieces and as such has a long history and has gone by many names. It was first used in Turkish Great Chess, a large medieval variant of chess, where it was called the ''war machine'' (dabbabah; not to be confused with the piece more commonly referred to as the dabbaba today, which is the (2,0) leaper). It was introduced in the West with Carrera's chess from 1617, where it was called a ''champion'', and has been used in many chess variants since then. The name ''chancellor'' was introduced by Ben Foster in his large varian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
