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Military Chess. 19th century commercial chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Hubert wrote on Sun, Feb 12, 2012 09:32 PM UTC:

'On this website, I was a commercial chess variant from the 19th
century'

I think this is taking chess variants too far!  Have you gone back to being
a person from the 21st century?  ;)

Hubert wrote on Sun, Feb 12, 2012 09:34 PM UTC:

'cannons, who move one square in any of the nine directions'

There are nine directions?  What are they?

Hubert wrote on Sun, Feb 12, 2012 09:37 PM UTC:

'Two advanced guards'

The diagram shows four of them.

📝Hans Bodlaender wrote on Mon, Feb 13, 2012 07:34 PM UTC:

Thanks for the comments. I made a few small corrections, and added another possible setup. Hans

Malcolm Webb wrote on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 01:02 PM UTC:

I do not understand why a game created in 1880 has tanks, bazookamen & jeeps. I do not believe these things existed in 1880.

John Ayer wrote on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 07:47 PM UTC:

By George, you're right! The tank was developed during World War I; the bazooka too but not deployed until World War II; the jeep during World War II. Either this has been updated or someone is floating a hoax.

Charles Gilman wrote on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 07:20 AM UTC:

Another possibility is that 1880 is a typo for 1990. Does anyone know of this game actually being played before the latter year?

Dennis Saccuzzo wrote on Sat, Nov 3, 2018 07:56 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I played this game as a boy around 1960. The object of the game was to put the opponent's General in danger 6 times in a row. You did not have to checkmate as in chess. I cannot find any information other than what you have posted, but I would sure love to get my hands on a copy of the game.

Thank-you for your post.

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