Interesting chess positions and chess variants

Interesting chess positions and chess variants

Horde chess

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Endgame Chess

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 Players start the game with only pawns and a king. Normal en passant, check, checkmate and pawn promotion rules apply

Legal's Game or The Pawns game

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 White has no queen but eight additional pawns. The game was played by such old masters asLabourdonnais, Deschappelles and Kieseritsky.

Peasants' Revolt

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 White has a king and eight pawns (the peasants) against Black's king, pawn and four knights (the nobles). Black has the advantage.^[10] To narrow the contest, the game has also been played with three knights (on b8, c8 and g8) instead of four.^[11] By R. L. Frey (1947).

Weak!

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White has usual pieces, Black has one king, seven knights and sixteen pawns. This game was played at Columbia University chess club in the 1960s

Upside-down chess

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The black and white pieces are switched so that all the pawns are one step away from promotion.^[7] The game can start, for example: 1.Nc6 Nf3 2.b8=Q g1=Q etc. (If 2.Nb4, then 2...Ne5 is necessary to stop 3.Nd3#.) - Here is a link - click here

Corner Chess

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Chess variation which requires slightly different strategy to win. Your king is placed in the down-right corner of the board and positions of other pieces (except pawns) are randomly changed. Here is a link - click here

Crazyhouse chess

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Chess960

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King of the hill

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Three-check

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Antichess

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Atomic

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Racing Kings

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Funny chess positions

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