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dead dead wrote on Sun, May 12, 2019 02:25 AM UTC:

Cloudflare is slowing things down and only showing me a bogus timeout error (I know it's bogus because the site works fine on my other browser) when I use Safari. Please fix this ASAP. --KD


Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
dead dead wrote on Fri, May 17, 2019 05:48 PM UTC:

Combine Cannon Shogi with Okisaki Shogi on a checkered board and you've combined European, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cheeses into one chess.


. Adds rifle-capturing archers and royalty-inheriting princes.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝dead dead wrote on Tue, Mar 30, 2021 03:39 AM UTC in reply to Ben Reiniger from Mon Mar 29 06:59 PM:

Fixed.


Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
dead dead wrote on Tue, Aug 24, 2021 01:01 AM UTC:

In a hypothetical Grand Accounting Chess, the Marshal and Archbishop would respectively be renamed as the COO and CMO, and along with long-range moves, using their Knight moves would make them Crooked.


Big Battle. Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
dead dead wrote on Sun, Oct 3, 2021 08:39 PM UTC:

I know this is a really old commercial variant from the late-90s, but the moves of the Queen and the Prince should be swapped. That way, the Queen (=Amazon) remains the most powerful piece, and it makes sense to have two Princes (=Queen) and one Queen (=Amazon), instead of two Princes (=Amazon) and one Queen (=Queen).


Vao. moves like bishop but must jump when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
dead dead wrote on Wed, Oct 20, 2021 11:25 PM UTC:

Originally posted on Pemba, where this piece is called a Crocodile.

Calling the diagonal Cannon a “Crocodile” makes zero sense. I prefer Gilman’s term for the piece: Arrow.


Gwangsanghui(광상희). Members-Only A large, historical variant of Janggi, with two more generals that lead each flank and 6 more kinds of pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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