"64 pieces on the board": "64 pieces on the board",
"A Clockwork Orange": "A Clockwork Orange",
"A pawns cloud": "A pawns cloud",
+ "A story of invasion": "A story of invasion",
"A quantum story": "A quantum story",
"A wizard in the corner": "A wizard in the corner",
"Absorb powers": "Absorb powers",
"African Draughts": "African Draughts",
"Align five stones": "Align five stones",
+ "Align four pawns": "Align four pawns",
"All of the same color": "All of the same color",
"Ancient rules": "Ancient rules",
"As in the movie": "As in the movie",
"Augmented Queens": "Augmented Queens",
"Balanced sliders & leapers": "Balanced sliders & leapers",
"Baroque Music": "Baroque Music",
+ "Beware the bomb (v1)": "Beware the bomb (v1)",
+ "Beware the bomb (v2)": "Beware the bomb (v2)",
"Big board": "Big board",
"Bishop versus pawns": "Bishop versus pawns",
"Board upside down": "Board upside down",
+ "Borrow powers": "Borrow powers",
"Both sides of the mirror": "Both sides of the mirror",
"Build towers (v1)": "Build towers (v1)",
"Build towers (v2)": "Build towers (v2)",
"Capture both colors": "Capture both colors",
"Capture en passant": "Capture en passant",
"Capture on the edge": "Capture on the edge",
- "Capture powers": "Capture powers",
+ "Capture powers (v1)": "Capture powers (v1)",
+ "Capture powers (v2)": "Capture powers (v2)",
"Capture the princess": "Capture the princess",
"Captures reborn": "Captures reborn",
"Change colors": "Change colors",
"Chinese Chess": "Chinese Chess",
"Convert & support (v1)": "Convert & support (v1)",
"Convert & support (v2)": "Convert & support (v2)",
+ "Convert enemy pieces": "Convert enemy pieces",
"Cross the river": "Cross the river",
"Dance with the King": "Dance with the King",
"Dangerous captures": "Dangerous captures",
"Dangerous collisions": "Dangerous collisions",
- "Do not play that!": "Do not play that!",
+ "Do not play that! (v1)": "Do not play that! (v1)",
+ "Do not play that! (v2)": "Do not play that! (v2)",
"Double moves (v1)": "Double moves (v1)",
"Double moves (v2)": "Double moves (v2)",
"Dynasty versus Kingdom": "Dynasty versus Kingdom",
"Friendly pieces": "Friendly pieces",
"Fusion pieces (v1)": "Fusion pieces (v1)",
"Fusion pieces (v2)": "Fusion pieces (v2)",
- "In the shadow": "In the shadow",
- "Interweaved colorbound teams": "Interweaved colorbound teams",
"General's Chess": "General's Chess",
"Geometric Chess": "Geometric Chess",
"Get strong at self-mate": "Get strong at self-mate",
"Give three checks": "Give three checks",
"Harassed kings": "Harassed kings",
"Hawaiian Checkers": "Hawaiian Checkers",
+ "Ice Age is coming!": "Ice Age is coming!",
+ "In the shadow": "In the shadow",
+ "Interweaved colorbound teams": "Interweaved colorbound teams",
"Japanese Chess": "Japanese Chess",
"Jump the borders": "Jump the borders",
"Keep antiking in check (v1)": "Keep antiking in check (v1)",
"Kings cross the 8x8 board": "Kings cross the 8x8 board",
"Kings cross the 11x11 board": "Kings cross the 11x11 board",
"Knibis and Bisknis": "Knibis and Bisknis",
+ "Kniros and Rosknis": "Kniros and Rosknis",
"Knight in pocket": "Knight in pocket",
"Knight versus pawns": "Knight versus pawns",
"Korean Chess": "Korean Chess",
"Mandatory captures": "Mandatory captures",
"Mate any piece (v1)": "Mate any piece (v1)",
"Mate any piece (v2)": "Mate any piece (v2)",
- "Mate the knight": "Mate the knight",
+ "Mate the knight (v1)": "Mate the knight (v1)",
+ "Mate the knight (v2)": "Mate the knight (v2)",
"Meet the Mammoth": "Meet the Mammoth",
"Middle battle": "Middle battle",
"Mind control (v1)": "Mind control (v1)",
"New fairy pieces": "New fairy pieces",
"No paralyzed pieces": "No paralyzed pieces",
"No-check mode": "No-check mode",
+ "Noise and confusion (v1)": "Noise and confusion (v1)",
+ "Noise and confusion (v2)": "Noise and confusion (v2)",
"Non-conformism and utopia": "Non-conformism and utopia",
"Occupy the enemy palace": "Occupy the enemy palace",
"Paralyzed pieces": "Paralyzed pieces",
"Reach the last rank (v2)": "Reach the last rank (v2)",
"Rearrange enemy pieces": "Rearrange enemy pieces",
"Replace pieces": "Replace pieces",
- "Reposition pieces": "Reposition pieces",
+ "Reposition pieces (v1)": "Reposition pieces (v1)",
+ "Reposition pieces (v2)": "Reposition pieces (v2)",
"Reuse pieces": "Reuse pieces",
"Reverse captures": "Reverse captures",
"Roll the dice": "Roll the dice",
"Shogi 5 x 5": "Shogi 5 x 5",
"Shoot pieces": "Shoot pieces",
"Spartan versus Persians": "Spartan versus Persians",
- "Squares disappear": "Squares disappear",
+ "Squares disappear (v1)": "Squares disappear (v1)",
+ "Squares disappear (v2)": "Squares disappear (v2)",
"Squat last rank (v1)": "Squat last rank (v1)",
"Squat last rank (v2)": "Squat last rank (v2)",
"Stacking Checkers variant": "Stacking Checkers variant",
"Stun & kick pieces": "Stun & kick pieces",
"Thai Chess (v1)": "Thai Chess (v1)",
"Thai Chess (v2)": "Thai Chess (v2)",
+ "Thai Chess (v3)": "Thai Chess (v3)",
"The colorbound clobberers": "The colorbound clobberers",
"The end of the world": "The end of the world",
"Transform an essay": "Transform an essay",
"Walk on a graph": "Walk on a graph",
"White move twice": "White move twice",
"Win by castling long": "Win by castling long",
- "Xiangqi 7 x 7": "Xiangqi 7 x 7"
+ "Xiangqi 7 x 7": "Xiangqi 7 x 7",
+
+ // Variants by categories:
+ "What is a chess variant?": "What is a chess variant?",
+ "Why play chess variants?": "Why play chess variants?",
+ "chess_v": ": to play under standard rules, with a random (or not) symmetric (or not) initial position.",
+ "vt0": "Simplified games to learn chess",
+ "vg0": "Variants with very few different pieces, and a simplified goal.",
+ "vt1": "Forced captures",
+ "vg1": "In a given position, there are generally less possible moves than in the orthodox games since you must capture.",
+ "vt2": "Transformations",
+ "vg2": "Pieces generally transform when capturing.",
+ "vt3": "Modified boundaries",
+ "vg3": "Boards which communicating sides.",
+ "vt4": "Different pawn movements",
+ "vg4": "Everything is as in the orthodox game, but pawns move unusually.",
+ "vt5": "Different armies",
+ "vg5": "Standard pieces versus a team of different pieces.",
+ "vt6": "Inspired by ball games",
+ "vg6": "Variants involving a ball, abstract or not, which must cross the board.",
+ "vt7": "New pieces",
+ "vg7": "A large variety of fairy pieces can be defined. Some very powerful like the Amazon, others rather weak like the Grasshopper.",
+ "vt8": "Augmenting pieces",
+ "vg8": "In the following variants, fairy (or not) pieces may appear later in the game.",
+ "vt9": "Several royal pieces",
+ "vg9": "In these games you must take care of two or more \"kings\".",
+ "vt10": "Unorthodox captures by replacement",
+ "vg10": "Non-standard captures, but using known mechanisms.",
+ "vt11": "Unorthodox captures - others",
+ "vg11": "Captures are generally achieved without replacement. That is to say, you don't replace the enemy piece on its square to capture it.",
+ "vt12": "Pieces changing side, shared pieces",
+ "vg12": "Pieces' owners (color) may change during the game",
+ "vt13": "Incomplete information",
+ "vg13": "Some speculation is required in these variants, where some game informations are hidden.",
+ "vt14": "Random factors",
+ "vg14": "These games include random effects, which can be funny, frustrating or both :)",
+ "vt15": "Inpired by knight movement",
+ "vg15": "Variants based on the knight move, which augment or transform pieces' abilities.",
+ "vt16": "Unusual initial setup",
+ "vg16": "Initial setup causes a lot of captures early in the game.",
+ "vt17": "\"Easy\" variants: simple rules",
+ "vg17": "Only minor changes are made to the orthodox rules, resulting in a very similar game.",
+ "vt18": "Simple rules, but not so easy",
+ "vg18": "Minor changes to the orthodox rules leading to a very different strategy.",
+ "vt19": "Initially empty board",
+ "vg19": "All pieces are progressively added from an empty board.",
+ "vt20": "Repositioning",
+ "vg20": "Pieces can be dropped on the board, either immediately or later in the game.",
+ "vt21": "Immobilization, hypnotism",
+ "vg21": "Pieces can be paralyzed or controlled under certain circumstances.",
+ "vt22": "Regional and historical variants",
+ "vg22": "(Partial) Game evolution in time and space.",
+ "vt23": "Kings race",
+ "vg23": "The goal is to cross the board with your king.",
+ "vt24": "Several moves in one turn",
+ "vg24": "In these variants, you can play two or more moves per turn.",
+ "vt25": "Single powerful piece versus army",
+ "vg25": "Very few but powerful pieces against a full army.",
+ "vt26": "Exchanging pieces positions",
+ "vg26": "Some or all pieces can be swapped.",
+ "vt27": "Different objective",
+ "vg27": "Orthodox rules, but the goal is not checkmate (or not only).",
+ "vt28": "Non-chess",
+ "vg28": "Some games not chess related.",
+ "vt29": "Change opponent's move",
+ "vg29": "You can change some enemy moves after they are played.",
+ "vt30": "Augmented pieces",
+ "vg30": "Pieces can temporarily borrow powers from others.",
+ "vt31": "Miscelleanous",
+ "vg31": "These variants are not classified yet, generally because they are the only one of their kind on this website.",
};