Chess Links
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 03:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
queer_scribblingA tumblr post pointing to fairy chess pieces (example: Phoenix) led to List of chess variants, and I like the idea of the one version of Falcon-Hunter chess (1943) where the variant pieces start off board and are introduced in the starting place of a queen, castle/rook, bishop, or knight that's removed off the board.
I also like the idea of using correspondence chess in a fic and - maybe - extending the letter writing out by have variant pieces introduced, but I would (probably) have to know something about chess.
ETA: Drop chess (year unknown) allows you to add pieces captured from your opponent back onto the board [switch colours to become yours]. Hostage chess (1997) allows you to drop your own pieces that have been captured by your opponent back onto the board.
ETA: Tamerlane chess (Medieval) has a lot going on (extra board space, variant pieces, etc.), but I like the idea of each piece having a pawn (pawn of X). When a pawn of rooks reaches the opposite side of the board, it becomes a rook. When a pawn of king reaches the opposite side, it becomes a prince and moves like a king.
I also like the idea of using correspondence chess in a fic and - maybe - extending the letter writing out by have variant pieces introduced, but I would (probably) have to know something about chess.
ETA: Drop chess (year unknown) allows you to add pieces captured from your opponent back onto the board [switch colours to become yours]. Hostage chess (1997) allows you to drop your own pieces that have been captured by your opponent back onto the board.
ETA: Tamerlane chess (Medieval) has a lot going on (extra board space, variant pieces, etc.), but I like the idea of each piece having a pawn (pawn of X). When a pawn of rooks reaches the opposite side of the board, it becomes a rook. When a pawn of king reaches the opposite side, it becomes a prince and moves like a king.
