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Chess variations II: Alternate rules and situations

Hostage Chess: Any piece taken by you becomes your piece. You can then drop onto your side of the board in any free location, at any point in time. Difficulty: Just above average chess; 5.5 The difficulty is now in…

Chess: Variations on a theme

Sometimes, research turns into something else entirely. Yesterday, as I was researching more historical board games for a few other artcles, I came upon a website that sold a few dozen physical variations on chess. It not only caugfht my…