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A Guide to Variant Chess

The following pages consist of a detailed study of the laws of chess interpreted for variants,

together with glossaries of Games, Pieces, and Terms such as chess problem themes and stipulations.

(Contents last revised May 2002, moved to this site and diagrams renewed December 2005).

Laws of Variant Chess

Variant Chess Games

All the King's Men

Chess Problem Terms

Introducing Variant Chess

This is an earlier more condensed version of the Guide.

Simple Chess Variants (PDF)

by G. P. Jelliss, August 2010, file size: 140KB.

This 14-page A4 booklet was compiled for a talk I gave on 21 August 2010 at the Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club.

It is based on the above articles but deals only with variants that can be played using normal board and pieces.