Monday, January 18, 2010

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!

Monday, January 11, 2010

3000 page views!

A big thank you to all my wonderful readers! Keep supporting Canadian chess!!!!!

Hazel's Jokes!

What kind of marks do chess players get in school?
Answer: "Check"marks!
(and 'A's of course!)

Saturday, January 2, 2010

A Nice Blog

Very cool stuff out of Australia!

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year 2010!

May all of you prosper in the new year, and may all your resolutions come true!

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Hazel's Jokes

Why did the knight decline the new year's vacation?
Answer: He didn't want to "trip" over the other pieces.
Knights are known for their jumps, and it's a wonder they never trip.

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