The Ai Ai Tag

Description

These pages describe Chess variants that can be played with the general game playing engine Ai Ai. The occasional page describes more than one game, though only one of the games described may actually be playable on Ai Ai. This is not a complete list of Chess variants playable on Ai Ai, because Ai Ai supports many additional Chess variants not described on this site, particularly by Eric Silverman and Stephen Tavener.

Tagged Pages

• Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) (1)
• Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) (1)
• Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
• Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. (1)
• Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) (1)
• Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169) (1)
• Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) (1)
• Chess with Mixed Pawns. Four normal and four Berolina pawns per player. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Chess+. Players choose when and where to place their pieces behind the pawns. (1)
• Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) (1)
• Courier de los Combinados. A cross between Courier de la Dama and Wildebeest Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) (1)
• Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Dai Dai Shogi. Historical large Shogi variant. (17x17, Cells: 289) (1)
• Dai Shogi. Large armies including a multi-capturing Lion battle each other on a big board. (15x15, Cells: 225) (1)
• Double Chess 16 x 8. On 16 by 8 board. (16x8, Cells: 128) (1)
• The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140) (1)
• Elven Chess. 10x10 variant with 4 new pieces, of which one can double-capture. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Expanded Chess. An attempt at a logical expansion of Chess to a 10x10 board. (1)
• Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board. (1)
• Gess. A Chess variant played on a Go board where pieces are collections of go stones. (18x18, Cells: 324) (1)
• Gigachess. On 14 by 14 board with 20 different pieces. (14x14, Cells: 196) (1)
• Gigachess II. Evolution of Gigachess (2001). (1)
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) (1)
• Grand Betza. A tribute to Ralph Betza on a 10x10 board with pawns on the third rank as in Grand Chess. (1)
• Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) (1)
• Grande Acedrex. A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
• Great Shatranj. Great Shatranj. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
• Half Chess. Pieces have approximately half their usual movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Heavy Chess. A high-density chess-variant-variant. (1)
• Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi, made by Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux. (1)
• Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets. (1)
• Hishigata Shogi. Variation of Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi (ultra large Shogi). (19x19, Cells: 361) (1)
• Janggi - 장기 - Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) (1)
• Judkin's Shogi. Small shogi variant on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) (1)
• Large Variants in the Historic North European Style. Missing description () (1)
• Lions and Unicorns Chess. With the 16 standard pieces and 4 powerful leapers. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Maasai Chess. Large CV with 48 pieces per side, of 20 types including both regular and rapid Pawns. (1)
• Macadamia Shogi. Pieces promote on capture to multi-capturing monsters. (13x13, Cells: 169) (1)
• Macrochess. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
• Maka Dai Dai Shogi. Pieces promote on capture, some to multi-capturing monsters. (19x19, Cells: 361) (1)
• Makruk (Thai chess). Rules and information. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Metamachy. Large game with a variety of regular fairy pieces. (1)
• Mighty-Lion Chess. Normal Chess augmented with a hard-to-trade Lion super-piece that can make double-captures. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Minishogi. On a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) (Recognized!) (1)
• Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Navia Dratp. An upcoming commercial chess variant with collectible, tradable pieces. (7x7, Cells: 49) (1)
• Nutty Shogi. Pieces jump over many others, and a Fire Demon burns neighbors. (13x13, Cells: 169) (1)
• Obento Chess. 12x12 Chess variant with Shogi-style promotions and bent sliding pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
• Opulent Chess. A derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Paulovits's Game. Paulovits's chess variant, c. 1890, featuring leaping pieces Pasha and General (with zrf). (1)
• Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
• Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Quantum Chess. Chess with a quantum mechanical twist. (1)
• Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
• Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Shatranj Kamil (64). Modern Shatranj based variant on 8 by 8 board with new pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Sho Shogi. Historic predecessor of shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
• Shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) (1)
• Shosu Shogi. 10x10 Shogi variant with Queens and more powerful promoted pieces. (1)
• Simplified Chess. Missing description (8x7, Cells: 56) (1)
• Simplified chess. Simple subset of the chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Sissa. Variant on 9 by 9 board with Sissa's. (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
• Symmetric Sissa. Variant on 9 by 9 board with symmetric setup and two Sissa's (generalized Knight-like sliders). (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
• Tags Listing. A listing of the tags used on our pages. (1)
• Tai Shogi. Very large Shogi variant. (1)
• TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Tenjiku Shogi. Fire Demons burn surrounding enemies, Generals capture jumping many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) (1)
• Terachess II. An unrealistic summit on a very large board of 16x16 squares and 128 pieces. (1)
• Teramachy. A chess variant between Metamachy and Terachess. (1)
• Tori Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) (1)
• Twin-board Ecumenical Chess. Ecumenical Chess with extra Pawns, on two FIDE boards joined together on one or more edges. (Cells: 128) (1)
• Unicorn Chess. 10x10 variant with a new piece that moves as a Bishop or a Nightrider. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Unicorn Great Chess. Lions have been added to Unicorn Chess! (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Very Heavy Chess. A lot of firepower with all compounds of classical chess pieces. (1)
• Viking Chess. Armies start side-by-side on a 12 x 7 board. (12x7, Cells: 84) (1)
• Wa Shogi. Game with many different rather weak pieces, with or without drops. (11x11, Cells: 121) (1)
• Wildebeest Decimal Chess. A Wildebeest Chess adaptation to the decimal board. (1)
• Xiangqi: Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) (1)
• Yangsi. A very playable chess variant with 12 different pieces on a 10x10 board. (1)
• Zanzibar-S. A game in between Metamachy and Zanzibar-XL with 36 pieces per side. Preferred by some to the -XL version. (1)
• Zanzibar-XL. Further step after Metamachy. 80 pieces of 19 different pieces, with historical lineage. (1)

Parents

• Game Engine - Software that will play various games against people