Fairy Chess

TYPES OF FAIRY CHESS PROBLEMS

There are the following types of fairy chess problems:

New stipulations: Probably the most used alternations are new stipulations instead of a direct mate stipulation. A lot of them were invented, some of them become established. s, various types of Seriesmover s, or recently very popular Helpselfmate s. Part of new stipulations are also Retroanalytical Problems including Shortest Proof Game s and Retractors . Finally various Construction Tasks on chess board and mathematical problems using chess objects are considered to be chess problems as well.

New chess pieces: Conventional Chess Piece s are generalized in many ways ( Grasshopper , Nightrider , Chinese pieces, etc). See main article Fairy Chess Piece s.

New conditions: They encompass all changes of rules including rules for captures, checks, general movement abilities, checkmates, etc. A lot of them were invented; some of them became established: Circe Chess , Madrasi Chess , Andernach Chess , Monochromatic Chess , Patrol Chess , Einstein Chess and many others.

Different boards: One can vary board size from 8x8 to other sizes (7x8, unusual board shapes, etc.) or use different geometries: Cylinder (vertical and horizontal), anchor ring or Torus and others.

Consider FIDE Album s: all problems divide in eight sections: directmates (2-movers, 3-movers and moremovers), endgame studies, selfmates, helpmates, fairy chess and retro and mathematical problems.

SEE ALSO

Chess Variants

EXTERNAL LINKS

Fairy chess by Michael McDowell

Fairy chess glossary by Otto Janko.

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