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Variant Chess

Introducing Variant Chess

A Guide to Variant Chess

The following pages consist of a more detailed study of the laws of chess interpreted for variants
and glossaries of names 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

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.

Variant Chess magazine

All 64 issues of the magazine, published 1990 - 2010, are now available for download in PDF form here.
Vol.1, issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Vol.2, issues 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.
Vol.3, issues 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.
Vol.4, issues 29, 30, 31, 32.
Vol.5, issues 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.
Vol.6, issues 41, 42, 43, 44.
Vol.7, issues 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54.
Vol.8, issues 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63.
Vol.8, issue 64: p173, pp174-189, pp190-217, pp218-244.
For details of the contents of each issue see the website of the British Chess Variants Society.

Some Articles by me in Variant Chess
Available online on the BCVS site:
Alice Chess
Circular Chess
Cylinder Chess
Knight Relay Chess
Reshaping the Chessboard
Space Chess

The Variant Chess Library

This collection of books and magazines, formerly the BCVS Library, remains intact and is available for people to visit or (within the UK) to borrow items by arrangement.