Monday, January 18, 2010

On another "bizarre" note...

"The most incredible and bizarre draws"
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More available in this collection:
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Upmark - Johansson, 1995 (10 moves)
Hohmeister - Frank, 1993 (12 moves)

Who Knew There Were So Many Bizarre Boards?

(visit this site for more 3D boards)
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(more variants on this site)
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"Shogi" (Japanese Chess) http://www.chessvariants.org/shogi.html
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More variants:

Other Bizarre Chess Boards!

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(this site also has other variants)
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Nine knights? http://www.quadibloc.com/chess/ch0402.htm
(this site also has many other cool variants)
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Four player corner chess http://blogs.indystar.com/geek/2008/08/
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(this site also has other variants)
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(this site also has many other variants of three-way chess)
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Expanded board "Super Chess" http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6702287.html
(use the search engine for more chess inventions)
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(a couple other amazing variants on this website)
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"Martian Chessboard" http://www.ee0r.com/tri-chess/
(this is the three-player version...the site also contains four-, five-, and six-player versions)
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Six player circular board http://kentropic.wordpress.com/
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Three player circular board http://www.douglaswilliamsmith.net/Trinity_Chess/Three_Player_Chess_Comparative_Review.htm (this site has a few other variants, such as trigon chess)
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Three player chess with hexagonal squares http://www.thetoyman.com/top_50_2009.html
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(various setups)

Chess for Three Players!

Interesting concept!