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Threat Chess, Attackers Chess and Victims Chess

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These chess variants involve pieces that pick up powers of opposing pieces...

For more on imitative pieces, please see David Howe's essay.

Here I'm using the word "piece" exclusionary of pawns which behave normally.

In Threat Chess, the pieces retain their natural moves, and can move like any pieces they attack or that are attacking them.

Logs of Threat Chess

In Attackers' Chess, the pieces retain their natural moves, but can also move like the pieces they are attacking.

Logs of Attackers' Chess

In Victims' Chess, the pieces retain their natural moves, but can also move like the pieces that are threatening them.

Logs of Victims' Chess

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By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Web page created: 2006-07-07. Web page last updated: 2006-07-07