Items Authored by David Howe
Contest
- 32-Turn Challenge. Missing description Author: David Howe.
- 32-Turn Contest Results. Missing description Author: David Howe.
Craft
- Floppy Board Tiles. An example of a chess variant board construction set. By David Howe.
Game
- 3 Man Chess. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board. Author: David Howe.
- AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Feng Jun.
- All the King's Men. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant and Reuben Klamer.
- Arena Chess 42. A non-competing entry in the 42 Squares contest. (Cells: 42) By David Howe.
- Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
- Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces. By David Howe.
- Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
- CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe.
- ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
- Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By David Howe.
- A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory. By David Howe.
- Chess37. A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. (Cells: 37) By David Howe.
- Combination Chess. Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. (Cells: 39) By David Howe.
- Continuous Chess. There are no 'squares' on the board, and pieces are not restricted to moving discrete distances. By David Howe.
- Contrast Chess. Pieces lose or gain strength depending on the colour of the square they stand on. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Dave's Example Game. This is Dave Howe's example of a user-posted game. (2x2, Cells: 4) By David Howe.
- Diagonal Chess. Board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Divided Forces Chess. Half of your army starts on the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) and David Howe.
- Feeble Los Alamos Chess. Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces. (6x6, Cells: 36) By David Howe.
- Fun-in-a-Box Chess. Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat. By David Howe.
- The Game of the Three Kingdoms. Another variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
- The Game of Three Friends. A variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various. Inventor: Jìndé Zhèng.
- Greg White's Chess Variants . Missing description Author: David Howe. Inventor: Greg White.
- Infinite Recursion Chess. Another mega-chess type game. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By David Howe.
- Interchange Chess. Get as many of your own pieces to their destination squares on the other side of the board as possible. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz and David Howe.
- InterGrid Chess. Pieces on corners and on centers of squares of 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 145) By David Howe.
- Knight-Tac-Toe. Small variant with only kings and knights where you must get three pieces in line in the center of the board. (5x5, Cells: 25) By David Howe.
- Mega-Chess. A chess game where each piece is a chess game! (64x(8x8), Cells: 4096) By David Howe.
- Monochrome Chess . All pieces are the same color. Players move pieces on their side of the board. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Andrew Looney.
- Multimove Chess. Players spend points to make multiple moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Nomic Chess. Combination of Peter Suber's Nomic with Ralph Betza's Chess For Any Number of Players. By David Howe.
- Palindromic Chess. Play until the position on the board is the reversed of the starting postion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Pawns Chess. Each pawn has a unique ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,. By David Howe.
- Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command! . Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it. Author: David Howe.
- Quad-Square Chess. Chess on a board of 38 squares, of which six have size two by two. (7x8, Cells: 38) By David Howe.
- Reduced Endgame Chess. Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe.
- Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to mate you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: William Geary.
- San-kwo-k'i. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
- Sceptre 1027 A.D.. Large, commercial, multiplayer chess variant. (9x(8x8), Cells: 576) Author: David Howe.
- Shifting Chess. Variant inspired on shifting puzzles; one can move pieces of the board. (8x8, Cells: 56) By David Howe.
- Smess. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant and Reuben Klamer.
- Tapestry Chess. Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board. (6x6, Cells: 41) By David Howe.
- Twelve Mutation Chess. Variant that uses 12 mutators that may be activated or deactivated during the game. By David Howe.
- Unreliable Delivery Chess. Pieces may get delayed before they arrive at their destinations. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Viennese Chess, or Viennese Kriegspiel. Start with a secretly made setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Dr. Ritter von Korwin-Dzbanski.
- Xhess. Decimal variant with Nightriders and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Howe.
- Zeitgeist. . Variant with simultaneous movement. Author: David Howe. Inventor: John Cooper.
Graphics
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font. Author: David Howe.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 1. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font. Author: David Howe.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 2. More Alfaerie graphics, plus a preview of the new Alpha Variant font. Author: David Howe.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 3. More chess variant graphics based on the Alpha chess font. Author: David Howe.
- Alpha Variant Font. Preview of the new Alpha Variant font along with new Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Shogi Pieces. Graphics of shogi pieces and symbols. Author: David Howe.
- Square graphics: more fantasy pieces. Images of some fantasy pieces for the creation of diagrams. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe.
Misc
- Chess Variant Pages Membership. Missing description Author: David Howe.
- Create Member Submitted Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own items to the site! Author: David Howe.
- Create Member Submitted Zillions Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own Zillions files to the site! Author: David Howe.
- General Comments Page. Page for making general comments. Author: David Howe.
- RSS Feed. Chess Variant Pages RSS Feed. Author: David Howe.
- The chess variant pages: Offline Version. Read this website without an internet connection. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe.
- UTF Conversion Page. Page for documenting UTF conversion issues. By David Howe.
NewsItem
- Tony Quintanilla is a new Father!. Our Chess Variant Pages editor's new creation! Author: David Howe. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
PBM
- Bifold Halfgi. Bifold pieces are able to combine with other same-colored bifold pieces and move as a single normal sized piece. By David Howe.
- Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
- Chess with Different Armies. A Ralph Betza personal favorite: Features series of armies with approximately the same strength as the FIDE army. (Recognized!) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Photo
- Centennial Chess Photographs. 10x10 board, Shogi-like pieces. Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
- Chess Piece Discs. Chess variant pieces on wooden discs. Author: David Howe.
- Eight-Stone Chess Pictures. Photo's of home made chess variant set for Eight-Stone Chess. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
- Grand Chess Set. Photographs of a commercially available Grand Chess set. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
- Horse Chess-Nut. Horse statue with two chess problems painted on it. Author: David Howe.
- King's Court Pictures. Photo's on modern oblong 12 by 8 chess variant based on Courier chess. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Sidney LeVasseur.
- Quang Trung Chess Pictures. Photo's of home made Quang Trung set. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Vu Q Vo.
- Taikyoku Photographs. Missing description Author: David Howe and Edward Strickland.
- Vyremorn Chess Pictures. Photo's of large chess variant. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Nathan McDonald.
Piece
- Growing and Shrinking. Playing with the Size of Chess Pieces. Author: David Howe.
- Mimics. Several pieces that can imitate the movement of other pieces. Author: David Howe.
- Rococo. Animated piece movement diagrams. By Peter Aronson and David Howe.
- A Taxonomy. Categorizing several types of pieces. Author: David Howe.
- Ultima Pieces. Illustrated guide to how Ultima Pieces capture. Author: David Howe.
Piececlopedia
- Archbishop. Moves as bishop or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
- Chancellor. Moves like rook or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
- Paladin. Moves as Bishop or as Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
Poll
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #1. Help us choose the next recognized variant! Author: David Howe.
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #2.. Help us choose the next recognized variant! Author: David Howe.
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #3. Voting begins August 1! Author: David Howe.
Reference
- Chess Rules for Kids. An illustrated guide to the rules of chess for children. Author: David Howe.
- Chess Variant Pages Rating System. Missing description By David Howe.
- The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Missing description Author: David Howe.
- Helping us Maintain this Site. Information on how you can help us maintain this site. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe.
- The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Brief descriptions or definitions of terms, phrases and named related to Chess variants. Author: David Howe.
SampleGame
- Timur's Chess: Sample Game 1. A sample game of Tamerlane Chess. Author: David Howe.
Zillions
- Arena Chess 42 . Game with two boards totaling 42-squares where pieces captured on the large board move to the small board. By David Howe.
- Big Outer Chess . Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the center. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Peter Blanchard.
- Capablanca's chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
- Centennial Chess . 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
- Chaturanga . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Chaturanga . Version with fancy graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added . On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. By David Howe.
- Chess with Different Armies . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Combination Chess . Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. By David Howe.
- Courrier Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Cycle Chess . Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Andy Kurnia.
- Eight Stone Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
- Eight Stone Chess . On an 8 by 9 board with eight neutral stones. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
- Feeble Chess . Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Feeble Los Alamos Chess . Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces. By David Howe.
- Grand Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
- Grande Acedrex . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Heaven . Pieces trying to reach a goalfield can only move if in reach of a friendly piece. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
- InterGrid Chess . Pieces on corners and on centers of squares of 8 by 8 board. By David Howe.
- King and Queen . Variant on cross-shaped board with 39 squares. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Dennis Xay Voong.
- Knight-Tac-Toe . Win by placing 3 pieces in a row. By David Howe.
- Los Alamos Chess . Chess on a 6x6 board. Author: David Howe.
- Maelstrom . All 64 squares of 8 by 8 board are initially filled with pieces. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Michael Asher.
- Magician Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jonathon Whittle.
- Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and David Howe. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
- Nahbi Chess . Variant on 10 by 10 board with equator, Nahbi's and Archers. Author: David Howe and Uri Bruck. Inventor: Uri Bruck.
- Omega chess . Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. Author: David Howe.
- Pick-the-Team chess . Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Robber-Baron . Which of the seven robbers is the robber-baron? Author: David Howe. Inventor: Seth McGinnis.
- Shatranj . Version with fancy graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Shogi . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho.
- Tamerlan Chess . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Tamerlane Chess . A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. Author: David Howe.
- Ultima . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Ultima with Alternate Graphics . Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Weakest Chess . Pieces are as weak as possible while still retaining chess-like qualities. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Xhatranj . An exotic variant of Shatranj with more powerful pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones and David Howe.
- Xhess . Decimal variant with Nightriders and Cannons. By David Howe.
- Xhess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. By David Howe.
- Xiangqi . Western Style. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
Review
- 3 Man Chess - Review. Review of commercial three player chess variant on round board. Author: David Howe.
- Chess 2000 Review. Review of a large (12x13) commercial, chess-like game. Author: David Howe.
- Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company. Author: David Howe.
- Heraldic Chess Review. A review of Modest Solans' game Heraldic Chess. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Modest Solans.
- Hive: A Review. A review of the two-player strategy game called Hive. Author: David Howe.
- Omega Chess Review. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: David Howe.
- Review: 3 Man Chess. Missing description Author: David Howe.
- Review: Heraldic Chess. A review of Modest Solans' game Heraldic Chess. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Modest Solans.
- Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: David Howe.
- Review: Zillions-of-Games. Review of Windows program for playing user-programmed Chess variants and other strategy board games. Author: David Howe.
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