What was new in July - September 2000?

• Week of September 25 - October 1, 2000:
  • New piece for the Piececlopedia:
    • Zebrarider. Makes a (2,3)-jump, or more (2,3)-jumps in the same direction.
• Week of September 18 - September 24, 2000:
  • Abstract Games -- Web site of Mark Thompson: markthompson.html (Link.)
  • Vu Vo's Home Page -- Quang Trung Chess: vuqvo.html (Link.)
  • Janggidosa -- Korean Chess Playing Program: janggidosa.html (Link.)
  • Diamond Chess. Chess on large diamond shaped board.
  • New piece for the Piececlopedia:
    • Alibaba. Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally.
    • Mao-hopper. Moves as knight m ust must jump over occupied orthogonal square at first movement.
• Week of September 11 - September 17, 2000:
  • Problemesis: problemesis.html (Link.)
  • A Guide to Variant Chess: jelliss.html (Link.)
  • Chess Problem Book Shop. Hans has added a new shop for books on chess problems.
  • Generic Chess Piece Creation System. This is a system for construction of pieces, using ideas from RPG games. By Guilherme S. Töws.
  • Three Dimensional Eight Level Chess: 3d8l.html (Link.)
  • Corner Chess 12 x 12. Chess on a 12x12 board with 8 bishops, 16 rooks, 2 queens, 1 king starting positions in the corners. By Derek Nalls.
  • Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. By Hans Bodlaender.
• Week of September 4 - September 10, 2000:
  • King with a Shotgun. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Rook capture. By Adam Norberg.
  • Rubble Chess. Pieces must clear out unoccupied squares before they can move through them. By Adam Norberg.
  • BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. By Adam Norberg.
  • New Football: newfootball.html (Link.)
  • Xhetrast. A conservative Contrast version of Xhess. By Ivan A Derzhanski.
  • All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. By Hans Bodlaender.
  • Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. By Hans Bodlaender.
  • Free-for-all Chess. Players may move pieces of themselves or of their opponent. By Hans Bodlaender.
  • Guard Chess, or Islandic Chess. Guarded pieces may not be captured. Variant popular in Iceland. By Hans Bodlaender.
• Week of August 28 - September 3, 2000:
  • Connect Chess. Players win by forming a link between the first and last ranks of the board. By Joao Neto.
  • Zillions implementation for Darren Izzard's game Philosophers Chess. ZRF by Fergus Duniho.
  • Zillions implementation for Christian Hupp's game Squarcle Chess. ZRF by Fergus Duniho.
  • New ZRF-file: Cheskers written by Peter Aronson. A cross-variant between chess and checkers.
  • Beau Monde Chess. Large variant where pieces move with variations of the Queen move. By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Week of August 21 - August 27, 2000:
  • Make your own Shogi set with cut-out symbolic Shogi pieces.
  • New Zillions Index. Pavel Tikhomirov has written a search and reporting script for listing our Zillions of Games chess variants!
  • New ZRF: oddchess.zip Odds chess by Roger Cooper.
  • Chessapeak, a commercial 4-player chess variant now has its website in 6 languages.
  • Fibonacci Chess. Players can make multiple moves per turn, the number determined by the fast growing Fibonacci sequence. By Hans Bodlaender, based upon information of Cliff Pickover.
• Week of August 14 - August 20, 2000:
  • Dlyouk Janggi: dlyouk-janggi.html (Link.)
  • Magichess: magichess.html (Link.)
  • Exclusive Chess. Mating is only legal if there is only one way to do so. Fairy chess problem theme. Written by Hans Bodlaender.
  • Patrol Chess. Capture is only legal by piece that is guarded. Fairy chess problem theme. Written by Hans Bodlaender.
  • Too Many Bishops. Players get each turn one extra bishop, placed by their opponent. By Hans Bodlaender, based upon information of Cliff Pickover.
  • Bosma chess. King that is attacked three or more times is not considered to be in check. Fairy chess problem theme. By Hans Bodlaender.
  • New piece for the Piececlopedia:
    • Lance. Moves one or more squares straight forward.
  • Review of Omega Chess. A review of Omega Chess. By David Howe.
  • Fergus Duniho's Shogi ZRF has been updated with additional piece sets and modified graphics.
  • Chess Tests: Bizarre Positions: bizarrepositions.html (Link.)
• Week of August 7 - August 13, 2000:
  • Photos of a Chinese Chess set made from poker chips and posterboard tiles.
  • A ZRF for 4 Armies Chess, a 100 square variant in which each player has two armies.
  • Links. Several new and interesting links added.
  • New pieces in the Piececlopedia:
    • Gold General. Shogi piece that moves one square but not diagonally backwards.
    • Silver General. Shogi piece that moves one square diagonally, or forward.
  • Turnstyle. Four player chess variant using a normal chess set. By Ethan Hunt.
  • Citadel. Simple chess variant from early 20th century on 45 degrees turned board. By Karen Robinson.
• Week of July 31 - August 6, 2000:
  • Ratings and Comments. This page lists reader comments regarding particular chess variants. Each chess variant page should now have a "Rate this page!" link on it.
  • Diffusion Chess. Pieces start out in groups and must continually break apart into smaller groups. By Alexandre Muñiz.
  • Demotion Chessgi, a Chessgi variant which is limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns. A ZRF for playing this game on Zillions is also available.
  • Enthralling Chess, a 32-turn variant in which pieces are 'enthralled', and then 'liberated' (ie. removed from the board). By Jeff Kiska.
  • Arena Chess, a 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves. By Jeff Kiska.
• Week of July 24 - July 30, 2000:
  • Tree. Displays a complete and detailed listing of this site. Takes a while to load.
  • Unicorn Chess, a 10x10 variant with a new piece that moves as a Bishop or a Nightrider. By David Paulowich. Also with ZRF-file, to play this game with Zillions of Games.
  • Four Armies, an entry into the 100 Square contest, in which each player controls two armies. By Patrick Riley.
  • A ZRF for Touranian International, one of the entries into the 100 Squares contest.
  • Navigator. A nice tree-based navigation applet supplied by Pavel Tikhomirov.
  • King's Run, an entry for the 32-turn contest that is based on Logan's Run. By Fergus Duniho. A ZRF for playing against Zillions of Games is also available.
• Week of July 17 - July 23, 2000:
  • Bughouse Tournament! Results and pictures from the European Bughouse Gathering 2000, Geneva, Switzerland, July 8-10.
  • Link page. Added two new links, one dealing with Go variations, and the other is an online club for abstract gaming enthusiasts.
  • Recycle Chess. Players can capture and drop their own pieces. By Robert Huber.
  • School Chess. Before movement of a figure, the player speaks the name of city on the letter, on which the name of a moved piece begins. By Sergey Sirotkin.
  • Limiting Chess. On a 4x8 board, with the objective of capturing all the opponent's pieces. By Sergey Sirotkin.
  • Tamerlane II. Jean-Louis Cazaux has updated his large variant based on Timur's Chess.
  • Perfect 12. Jean-Louis Cazaux has updated his 12x12 variant.
• Week of July 9 - July 16, 2000:
  • Promotions & Demotons. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By Joao Pedro Neto. Also with ZRF-file, to play this game with Zillions of Games.
  • Jikaida. A large variant, taken from A Sword for Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer. By Alan Burt Akers.
  • Editor wanted. Do you want to help us with maintaining this site? Also, we look for an editor specifically for Zillions of Games files.
  • Many new images added to Fergus Duniho's Abstract Chess Pieces,
  • Mad Chess ZRF. Zillions of Rules File for Mad Chess, a 10x10 variant with different armies and many novel pieces. By Jason D. Wittman.
  • Tank Chess ZRF. Zillions of Games implementation of Tank Chess. By Robert Price.
  • The Duke of Rutland's Chess ZRF. Zillions of Games implementation of The Duke of Rutland's Chess. By Robert Price.
  • Double Chess ZRF. Zillions of Games implementation of David Short's Double Chess. By Sean C Duggan.
• Week of July 2 - July 8, 2000:
  • Touranian International. 10x10 Chess variant by Lee Tomkow.
  • Link Page. Our page listing external links.
  • Book: L U Kisljuk, The Japanese Heroes' Game. Information on a Russian book on chess variants. By Ivan A Derzhanski.
  • Review of: Sammy Seahorse Teaches Chess, by F. Donald Bloss and Andrew Kensler.
  • Mad Chess. Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. By Jason D. Wittman.
  • Back-to-Back Chess. On special shaped board with 100 squares. By Paul Kreutzer.
  • Cardmate. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. By Ivan A. Derzhanski. With ZRF-file to play this game with Zillions of Games.

• Index to older `whatsnew' files.