What Was Once New

Week ending January 25, 2025

1. Rook (a.k.a. Chariot). Updated historical notes; Added new diagrams and images Author: Fergus Duniho.

Week ending January 18, 2025

1. Dunsany's Chess. Added link to original source Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.

Week ending January 11, 2025

1. Piececlopedia. An encyclopedic reference on Chess variant pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho.
2. Problemesis. Updated link

Week ending January 04, 2025

1. Play Mischia online with Game Courier. A small chess variant on a 6x6 board that plays similar to chess. (6x6, Cells: 36) By William Wragg.

Week ending December 28, 2024

1. Ultima AI Pieces. Concept art for a set of figurine pieces for Ultima. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
2. Long Leaper. Moves as queen, but takes by leaping. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
3. Manticore. Moves one space orthogonally, then slides outward as a Bishop. Author: Bn Em. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
4. Gnus. Makes (1-2)-jump or (1-3)-jump. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
5. Giraffe. Makes (1,4)-jump. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
6. Gravitatur Chess. No Capture Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Вадря Покштя.

Week ending December 14, 2024

1. Magnetic Piece PNGs. Magnetic style Chess Variant Piece Images in PNG format. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
2. Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
3. Infinite Armada Chess. Chess with an infinite armada of queens behind the FIDE pieces. () Author: Manuel Hohmann. Inventor: Randall Munroe.

Week ending December 07, 2024

1. Check, or Combination Chess. Pieces may combine in couples and triplets. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: W. S. Campling.
2. Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
3. Amazon Chess. Well known old variant with amazons instead of Queens in FIDE Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho.
4. Promoter Chess. CUSTOM_XSSoj'"(){}:/CUSTOM_XSSoj_END.
5. REX Hexagonal Chess. Six Direction Chess. (Cells: 85) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D'Almeida.
6. Zones of Action. Inspired form Lines of Action. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
7. 4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
8. Multimove Chess. Players spend points to make multiple moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
9. Unicorn Chess. 10x10 variant with a new piece that moves as a Bishop or a Nightrider. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
10. Unicorn Great Chess. Lions have been added to Unicorn Chess! (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
11. Split Phase Tri-Chess. Pieces captured on Board "A" split into 2 [someimes not equal] units. These are dropped in Shog-style on the other 2 boards. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Gary K. Gifford.

Week ending November 30, 2024

1. Transcendental Chess. Play from random setup with a different setup for white and black. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Max Lawrence.
2. Wizard. Moves one diagonally or makes (1,3)-jump. Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
3. Champion. Moves one orthogonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally. Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
4. Wizard of Oz Octal Chess. Based on Baum book and 1939 film. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
5. Chess with Wizards. A Decimal Chess Variant with Antoine Fourri. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
6. Vao. moves like bishop but must jump when taking. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
7. Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho.
8. Dragon Horse. Moves as Bishop or Wazir. Author: Fergus Duniho.
9. Dragon King. Moves as Rook or Ferz. AKA Crowned Rook. Author: Fergus Duniho and Sergey Sirotkin.
10. Gold General. Shogi piece that moves one square but not diagonally backwards. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
11. Silver General. Shogi piece that moves one square diagonally, or forward. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.

Week ending November 23, 2024

1. Crooked Queen. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline or like a Rook. By Ralph Betza.
2. Crooked Bishop. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. de A. Almay.
3. Bowman. Moves as knight, and takes a piece that is an additional knightsmove in same direction away. Author: Ben Good.
4. Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.
5. Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel. By Charles Gilman.
6. Caliph. compound of Bishop and Camel. Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Mark Hedden and Charles Gilman.
7. Bishopper. Moves along diagonal line to first square after jumped over piece. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
8. Windmill. Moves around piece. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz.
9. Zebrarider. Makes a (3, 2) leap and can make more (3, 2) leaps in the same direction.
10. Wazir. Moves one square orthogonally. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Alberto Monteiro.
11. Raven. Can move as a Rook or a Nightrider. Author: Sergey Sirotkin.
12. Rhino. A set of pieces which combine the movements of the Mao with that of the Wazir. By Peter Aronson.
13. Edgehog. Moves as a Queen, but only to or from an edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
14. Barc. Jumps as knight but only `narrow backwords' or `wide forwards'. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
15. Crab. Jumps as knight but only `narrow forwards' or `wide backwards'. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
16. Dabbabah. Historical piece leaping two squares horizontally or vertically. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
17. Pao. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking. Author: Fergus Duniho.
18. Chu Shogi Applet. An applet script for playing Chu Shogi. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
19. Rose. Can make consecutive knightmoves in a circle.
20. Notchess. A family of games with Chess and Chess-Variant pieces but no King. () By Charles Gilman.
21. Old Chu Shogi Applet. The old version of the Chu Shogi Applet. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
22. BD or Bede. A piece which has the combined movement of the bishop and the dabbabah. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
23. Antelope. Makes (3,4)-jump. Author: Ben Good.
24. Alibaba. Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally. Author: Fergus Duniho.
25. Grasshopper. Moves along queenlines to first square after jumped over piece. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
26. Squirrel. Jumps two orthogonally, two diagonally, or like a knight. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Dr. Francesco Piacenza.
27. Pushmi-Pullyu. Moves like a Queen, and captures by approach and withdrawal. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
28. Nightrider. Makes a Knight leap, and can make additional leaps in the same direction.
29. Mushroom. Jumping piece whose destination squares form a mushroom pattern. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
30. Joker. Moves like last piece moved by the opponent. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
31. Centaur. Moves as Knight or Man. AKA Crowned Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho.
32. Camel. An elongated Knight making a (3, 1) leap. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

Week ending November 16, 2024

1. Kjempe Chess. A large variant that hopefully is easy to get into. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Martin Nilsson.

Week ending November 09, 2024

1. Leaperhouse. A 10x10 drop variant consisting of only Leapers, Shogi pawns and Kings. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Daphne Snowmoon.
2. Reiwa Dai Shogi. Variant of Dai Shogi with better piece balancing. (15x15, Cells: 225) By A. M. DeWitt.

Week ending November 02, 2024

1. Raichu Shogi. A variant of Chu Shogi in which capturing a Lion grants you an extra turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
2. A. M. DeWitt's Chu Shogi SVGs. A. M. DeWitt's SVG Graphics for Chu Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By A. M. DeWitt.
3. Recharged Chess. Upgrades on ranks two and eight. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.

Week ending October 26, 2024

1. Spider Rider Chess. A game with spiders and riders. (13x13, Cells: 121) By Gerd P. Degens.

Week ending October 19, 2024

1. Fairy Pieces Part 2 Volume 1. Showcasing 158 Fairy Pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
2. Shock Chess. Players are paralyzed from the shock of losing their queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.

Week ending October 12, 2024

1. Interactive Diagram Piece Sandbox. A sandbox that allows you to try out your own pieces for Interactive Diagrams. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.

Week ending October 05, 2024

1. Jabberwocky Chess. Chess with transformations of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Вадря Покштя.
2. Dai Dai Shogi. Historical large Shogi variant. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: H. G. Muller.

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