The Piece: Archbishop Tag

Description

These games include the piece that is called an Archbishop in Archbishop Chess and Capablanca's Chess. This piece can move as either a Bishop or a Knight. It is also known as a Adjutant, Cardinal, Equerry, Janus, Minister, Paladin, or Princess.

Tagged Pages

• A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169) (1)
• Aberg variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Alekhine Chess. Named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946. (1)
• Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board. (1)
• Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. (1)
• Archbishop Chess. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) (1)
• Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) (1)
• Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight. (1)
• Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Chess 1010. Game played with 40 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Chess 1010. Game with 40 pieces. (1)
• Chess on a Tesseract. Chess played over the 24 two-dimensional sides of a tesseract. (24x(5x5), Cells: 504) (1)
• Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) (1)
• Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. (1)
• The Demon Game. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Embassy Chess. A 10x8 variant based on Grand Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Eric's Great chess. Modern variant on historic large chess variant. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Euchess. Grand chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Fusion Chessgi. A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (1)
• Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. (Cells: 41) (1)
• General and Arch-General Chess. Variations of Birds' Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Grand Betza. A tribute to Ralph Betza on a 10x10 board with pawns on the third rank as in Grand Chess. (1)
• Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) (1)
• Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
• Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets. (1)
• IO Chess. Variant on 16 by 16 board with many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) (1)
• Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) (1)
• Janus Kamil Chess. A crossover between Janus Chess and Modern Kamil Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) (1)
• Ladorean Chess - Shaco Ladorean. Variation on Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Mainzer Schach. Large variant with Janus, Marshall, and different setup. (11x8, Cells: 88) (1)
• Mansindam (Pantheon Tale). A variant that combines 'drop' rule and strong pieces, and there is no draw. (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
• Metamorph Chess. Variant in which pieces transform by fixed rules into other pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Metamorphin' Assimilation Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess. (1)
• Metamorphin' Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess. (1)
• Mini Thunder Chess. A small-scale hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (6x7, Cells: 42) (1)
• Modern Carrera's Chess. Play this modern version of Carrera's Chess on Game Courier. (1)
• Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
• Modern Makruk. A fusion of Modern Chess and Makruk. (1)
• Not-Particularly-New Chess. A fairly restrainted variant on a 9x8 board, with Cardinals, Unicorns and Jesters. (9x8, Cells: 72) (1)
• Opulent Chess. A derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. (1)
• Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. (12x12, Cells: 144) (1)
• Renniassance Chess. With 68 pieces on board of 12 by 12. (12x10, Cells: 120) (1)
• Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Schoolbook. 8x10 chess with the rook + knight and bishop + knight pieces added. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Seirawan Chess. It's Chess with the option to drop some additional pieces on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Sosarian Chess. 12x8 Game with Capablanca-type pieces plus two lions. (1)
• Stone's Chess. Chess variant with the addition of two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• The Sultan's Game. Variant on 11 by 11 board from 19th century Germany. (11x11, Cells: 121) (1)
• TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) (2)
• TenCubes Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces (Zillions file). (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Teramachy. A chess variant between Metamachy and Terachess. (1)
• The Emperor's Game. Variant on 10 by 10 board from 19th century Germany. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
• Thunder Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (64x(8x8)) (1)
• Treeleaders Chess. Large variant with non-similar armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) (1)
• Turkish Chess. 8x10 board with different combination pieces, Vao and Pao. (8x10, Cells: 80) (1)
• Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• UC-170-13. Universal Chess version featuring 170 different kind of major pieces and 13 different kind of pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Univers Chess. A Carrera's Chess variant based on Bruno Violet's Universal Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Universal Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Vanguard Chess. Game on 16x16 board, with 48 pieces per player. (16x16, Cells: 256) (1)
• Variants playable against the diagram's AI. Index of variants that can be played against the interactive diagram. (1)
• Very Heavy Chess. A lot of firepower with all compounds of classical chess pieces. (1)
• Victorian Chess. Capablanca variant with the most powerful pieces starting on the outside. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
• Wide SOHO Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Archbishops, Marshalls, Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. (1)
• Yangsi. A very playable chess variant with 12 different pieces on a 10x10 board. (1)

Parents

• Piece - Parent tag for noting a specific type of piece in a game