External Link: Chec Toe
Chec Toe, invented by Simon E. Jepps, is a 4×4 Chess variant played with a six sided die, incorporating uniquely designed features, such as Checkering, Cross Positioning and Wizardry.
Chec Toe is a tardis of design, which despite its apparent miniscule footprint, fulfills its divine promise in delivering a whirlwind vortex of infinite challenge and excitement.
For Chec Toe is more than a sport. Chec Toe is the undying of friends.
Chec Toe ~ Official Website
Chec Toe is a completely different type of Chess Variant to anything you may have found published before.
In fact, it may surprise you to know, that this game is actually itself a variant of a variant of another completely different game altogether.
It all began many, many years ago when I became intrigued by a small and quirky Chess teaching aid, called 'Tic Tac Chec'.
This little item was just a 4x4 Chess board with four pieces, which was designed to help young children understand the basic concept of Chess piece movement.
Indeed it was and still is a useful teaching aid, yet it was and still is also another kind of Chess variant.
The game of 'Tic Tac Chec', invented by Donald Green ©1995, is quite simply a variation of Tic Tac Toe, but with Chess pieces. Indeed at first glance it sounds quite interesting and yes, it is.
However the reason for my own intervention here in creating a much more advanced variation of Tic Tac Chec, is because in all honesty the original game is not anywhere near the level of intellectual recreation a skilled Chess Player would adore.
Aye, the game of Tic Tac Chec is truly a wonderful curiosity for the person who likes quick and snappy little games, or who wants to teach children the basic concepts of Chess piece movement.
Yet whilst again, it was Tic Tac Chec which truly enchanted me with its cute minimalism, it was nevertheless and for the most part, little more than a toy.
My lifetime mission has been an ongoing pursuit to create an equally entertaining and relatively intelligent variation of Chess.
Chec Toe is at last, the love of my life.
Aye, it is of course a much simpler game than Chess, but almighty to behold in the hands of a true master. For this game I am about to teach you, will continue to call to you from the sacred ether of the cosmos, even after you have gone.
Chec Toe seduces all who play it. This game is the divine marriage between the classical music of Chess and the philosophical simplicity of selflessness.
Chec Toe is more than a sport. Chec Toe is the undying of friends.
Please visit www.chec-toe.org to learn more.
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Web page created: 2021-06-19. Web page last updated: 2021-06-25