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Sting

Sting is an experimental chess variant. It was proposed in the British Chess Variant Society, and a brief article on the game by George Jelliss and Ian Richardson (who played a two-game match) appears in the Autumn 1999 issue of Variant Chess.

Setup

Interactive diagram: pieces movable, right-click resets!

 
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Click here to open/close a piece overview. Play it!

  • Click below to display piece moves:
  • Pawn (a2-h2; a7-h7)
  • Knight (b1,g1; b8,g8)
  • Bishop (c1,f1; c8,f8)
  • Rook (a1,h1; a8,h8)
  • Queen (d1; d8)
  • King (e1; e8)

Rules

The game is played as orthodox chess, but with one difference: kings are now scorpions, i.e., they have besides their usual movement also the possibility to move like a grasshopper.
WWW page made by Hans Bodlaender.
WWW page created: November 2, 1999.