Kevin Pacey wrote on Thu, Nov 1, 2018 01:49 AM UTC:
Here's a sub-wiki re: Glossary of Chess, under which a brief description of two-board-using 'Basque Chess' can be found. I'm wondering if this match playing technique in any sense properly qualifies as a chess variant. It sort of reminds me of my own recent attempt to create a four-board-using variant (as inspired by this thread's subject heading), i.e. my '3D Chess War' idea, which I'm also not sure should be called a real variant (whether or not it proves to be at all enjoyable, if tried):
Here's a sub-wiki re: Glossary of Chess, under which a brief description of two-board-using 'Basque Chess' can be found. I'm wondering if this match playing technique in any sense properly qualifies as a chess variant. It sort of reminds me of my own recent attempt to create a four-board-using variant (as inspired by this thread's subject heading), i.e. my '3D Chess War' idea, which I'm also not sure should be called a real variant (whether or not it proves to be at all enjoyable, if tried):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#B