Game Courier supports many different games. Here is one picked at random:
Camel and Rhino Chess - Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces.

Hostage Chess

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

Hostage Chess.

Very good variant by John Leslie.

You may replace your captured pieces after first returning one of your own prisoners to the airfield from which your opponent may replace it.

The hostage you return must be of equal or greater value than the prisoner your replace.

Swap promoted pawns with pieces that your enemy has in prison. If you cannot, a pawn may not be taken to your far rank.

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 

/home1/chessvar/public_html/play/erf/HostageC.html

Credits

Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Leslie.

See also

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This item is a Java program,
It belongs to categories: Two dimensional, Orthodox chess set but with different capturing rules
It is a 2 player game.
It was last modified on: 2001-01-01
 Author: Ed  Friedlander. Inventor: John  Leslie. Hostage Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2004-11-24Nasmichael Farris Verified as Nasmichael FarrisExcellentThis game makes for great over-the-board play. Thanks, Ed, for placing this game here for experimentation. Great job.View [*]
Number of ratings: 1, Average rating: Excellent, Number of comments: 1

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