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It took roughly two weeks to finish this tori shogi set.
#torishogi #shogi #chess #chessvariants #boardgames

Made a linen shogi board for the extremely unlikely event that I should travel someplace & have someone to play with.
#shogi #chess #chessvariants #boardgames

Finally finished the janggi set.
#chess #janggi #chessvariants #koreanchess #diy #boardgames

Made some templates for janggi pieces tonight.
#janggi #chess #chessvariants #octagonal #geometry #games

Mail call!
#dbpritchard #chessvariants #books #bibliophile

I had read about micro shogi & thought it might be one of the more compelling small variants, so I took a little time this weekend to make a set. The biggest pain was getting all those end grain pieces used for the board roughly flat, but I think it was worth the effort, crude as it is.
#shogi #microshogi #chess #shogivariants #chessvariants

#chess #reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad #chessvariants #pawnsidewayschess Something completely different: 2 videos on pawnsideways chess introduced by DeepMind and Vladimir Kramnik in a 2020 paper! An introductory video introducing the simple rule change and some effects and then a video pitting the GM against the GOAT of variant chess: Fairy-Stockfish! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5kc92lA-7M and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFCE-DB3W8 A really fascinating form of chess with a lot that is familiar and a lot that is new and really cool 😎

#chess #chessvariants #sidewayspawnchess Just a wild stab in the dark but does anyone know of any chess GUI that supports sideways pawn chess? Fairy Stockfish can play it and you can play it online too (https://fairyground.vercel.app/) but I don’t know of any GUI that supports it. Cutechess doesn’t as far as I can see nor ChessV…

A #shogi set I made for a friend out of tartarian honeysuckle for the pieces & pine for the board
#boardgames #japanesechess #chessvariants #chess

I've often liked year-end reviews like from quanta magazine. So here's one for ChessCraft in 2024.

If you play the game today (December 31st) do you notice anything different?

Wishing you all the best in the coming year.

#chesscraft #chess #chessvariants #fairychess #ai #2024

https://blog.stuartspence.ca/chesscraft-2024.html

Hey @lichess I really like the puzzles a lot. I wonder though if there are any plans on implementing puzzles for the variants like Crazyhouse, Atomic, Horde, Racing Kings, and so on as well. The puzzles really help improving skills in Standard Chess, but I think they will do for variants as well.

#chesspuzzle #chess #lichess #chessvariants

How to play Doc Pop's One-Dimensional Chess: https://youtu.be/UyDUtNYb38U

If you'd like to try the game out, it's available as a print-and-play game on http://www.OneDimensionalChess.com/ #Chess #ChessVariants #pnpgames

I wrote a post about the Bongcloud Attack, one player's meta-game that turned into a chess meme. #chess #ChessVariants #ChessMeme #Bongcloud
https://docpop.org/2023/09/the-bongcloud-attack-a-chess-meme-explained/

Have a printer and some chess pieces laying around? That's all you need to play Doc Pop's One-Dimensional Chess!

If you love chess, I think you'll really dig this variant. It's surprisingly more strategic and replay-able than it might appear. #Chess #ChessVariants #BoardGame #PrintAndPlay #GameDesign

https://docpop.itch.io/1d-chess