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- h1.text-center(style="font-style:italic") Welcome to v[ariant] chess club !
- h2.text-center
- span.help(onClick="document.getElementById('modal-help').checked=true") Help ?
- a(href="/demo.webm") Demo !
- input#modal-help.modal(type="checkbox")
- div(role="dialog")
- .card
- label.modal-close(for="modal-help")
- h3.blue.section Modes
- p.section.
- Each variant page offers two modes: against a human or computer opponent,
- which is here to help learning the rules.
- h3.blue.section Comments
- p.section.
- All games start with a random assymetric position. #[br]
- Games are untimed, and played anonymously. #[br]
- No chat, to rather focus on the moves :)
- h3.red.section Bug report
- p.section.
- If you find a bug in a game, please follow this procedure: #[br]
- 1. stop playing: click on the resign button; #[br]
- 2. click on the PGN to download it; #[br]
- 3. send an email to
- #[a(href="mailto:contact@vchess.club?subject=[vchess.club] bug report") contact@vchess.club]
- with relevant comments and the PGN attached. Thank you!
- input#modal-welcome.modal(type="checkbox")
- div(role="dialog")
- #welcome.card.text-center
- label.modal-close(for="modal-welcome")
- h3.blue.section Welcome to vchess.club!
- .section
- p A fun place to play chess variants in real time!
- p But wait... what is a chess variant?
- img(src="/images/Hexagonal_chess.svg")
- p.
- As suggested by the picture, a variant setup generally
- looks more or less like a chessboard with regular pieces
- (otherwise it's no longer a variant but a whole new game!).
- p(style="font-style:italic;color:purple") However...
- p Each variant has its own new rules, which can involve
- ul
- li * different pieces movements
- li * different chessboard(s)
- li * new pieces
- li * moves side effects
- li ...and so on
- .section
- p.
- Example: imagine that a capture is an atomic explosion, wiping all adjacent squares
- – except the pawns, which as cockroaches can resist this kind of event.
- p Also state a goal: make the opponent's king explode.
- p → Congrats, you defined Atomic chess! (Playable here)
- .section
- p(style="font-style:italic;color:purple") OK, this all sounds interesting, but why would that be fun?
- p.
- Because all games here start with a random setup: no more boring
- openings memorization, you have to rely on your chess skills only :)
- p Moreover, I claim that the chosen variants here are fun to play :P
- p.
- For informations about hundreds (if not thousands!) of variants, you
- can visit the excellent #[a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/") chessvariants] website.
- p(style="cursor:pointer;color:darkgrey" onClick="setCookie('visited','1');document.getElementById('modal-welcome').checked=false") Do not annoy me again!
- p(style="font-size:0.8em") Image credit: #[a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_variants#/media/File:Hexagonal_chess.svg") Wikpedia]