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Variants playable against the diagram's AI

This page serves as an index to the various Interactive Diagrams that were posted over time in the comments on the articles about the variants they implement. (In so far I could remember those.) With the accumulation of comments these diagrams sometimes are pushed way back in the list, where they are hard to find. And now that the Diagram is equiped with an AI, it seems useful to keep those easily accessible for people who want to play against them.

I also included links to articles that contain an interactive diagram on their main page. The list is limited to variants for which the AI of the diagram understands the rules well enough to actually play it. So I excluded games with piece drops, which the AI doesn't support.

If case your favorit variant is not in the list, the Play-Test Applet allows you to define a wide range of variants for the Interactive Diagram, and play against those on the spot. Of course you are invited to actually post the result of such endeavors.

Note that the Diagram's AI is intended to be a casual opponent rather than a GM-level player, and in particular is pretty poor at end-games. To try whether unorthodox pieces have mating potential, there is a version of the diagram available that is powered by an end-game-table generator, where you can pactice checkmating a bare King with pieces of your own design, on boards of various sizes and shapes. There is a Checkmating Applet both for 2 vs 1 and 3-vs-1 end-games.


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By H. G. Muller.

Last revised by H. G. Muller.


Web page created: 2021-05-02. Web page last updated: 2024-04-27

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