Monday, 28 December 2020

Vostok

Vostok

Kosintsev I.G.
(28.12.2020)


Checker is a fairy chess piece Guard. Moves as King.

Box

Box

Kosintsev I.G.
(28.12.2020)

Sunday, 27 December 2020

School chess

School chess

Kosintsev I.G.
(27.12.2020)

Mosaic is not only a handy stuff for playing classical chess at school. It is also an excellent tool for creating and study any kind of fairy chess variants.


External links:
Scientific American (223) (October 1970)
Gardner, Martin
"Mathematical Games - The Fantastic Combinations of John Conway's New Solitaire Game 'Life'".

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Big Game

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.
Thomas Huxley


Big Game

Kosintsev I.G.
(22.01.2021)

The chess variant Big Game represents a new approach to the invention and creation of 10x10 Grand chess. Not extended in front, but a compact arrangement of chess pieces are used, which is fully consistent with Fisher's concept of 'dominant chess' with high activity of all pieces.
This variant is close to the classical one and therefore allows the use of standard and well-known chess equipment and instruments.


Checker is a fairy chess piece Guard. Moves as Pasha (King and Alibaba).
Promotion rule: a pawn that reaches the eighth rank to be replaced of a guard of the same color, a guard that reaches the ninth or tenth rank to be replaced of a queen of the same color.

Pieces are simultaneously seven virtues of Bushido:
Justice(義)K
Courage(勇)Q
Benevolence(仁)B
Truthfulness(誠)R
Honor(名誉)N
Loyalty(忠義) G
Politeness/Respect(礼)P

External links:
1. Paulovits's game (Istvan Paulovits).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulovits%27s_game
2. Apronus
https://www.apronus.com/chess/diagram/editor/