GAME TYPES
As well as standard chess you can play the following chess variants and other games on WyeSoft Chess . . .
Chess960
In Chess960 the positions of the pieces on each player's first rank are randomised, but mirror each other. There are two rules that the randomisation must follow; the king must be between the two rooks and the bishops must be on opposite-coloured squares. There are 960 possible combinations for the opening, hence the name Chess960.
When castling the king and castling rook's destination squares are exactly the same as in standard chess, regardless of their starting positions. The conditions that must be met to castle are also the same as in standard chess, except that different squares need to be clear depending on the king and rook's starting positions.
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3-Check Chess and 3-Check 960
3-Check Chess is like standard chess, except that you can win the game simply by putting your opponent in check 3 times. 3-Check 960 is 3-Check Chess with the first rank pieces randomised, using the same rules as Chess960.
Atomic Chess and Atomic960
Atomic Chess adds an "explosion" to each capture, meaning that the capturing piece is also removed, as well as any non-pawn piece in the 8 adjacent squares. In the variation available on WyeSoft Chess, the rules of check are almost completely ignored. The one exception is that kings cannot commit suicide by taking another piece and exploding themselves. Atomic960 is a combination of Atomic Chess and Chess960.
Checker-Pawn Chess and Checker-Pawn 960
In Checker-Pawn Chess, all pawns are replaced with checker-men, which move as they do in draughts (checkers), including the ability to make multiple jumps in a single move, though capturing is not mandatory. Upon reaching the eighth rank, a man can be promoted to either a checker-king (crowned man) or a chess queen. In the variation used by WyeSoft Chess, the standard rules of check and checkmate apply, but only in regards to direct attacks and not multi-jump attacks. Therefore, it is possible to win by capturing the opponent's king with a multi-jump. Checker-Pawn 960 is Checker-Pawn Chess with the first rank pieces randomised as in Chess960.
Chess vs Checkers
In Chess vs Checkers, black starts with the standard chess army, while white starts with 3 full rows of checker-kings (crowned draughts men). White's goal is to capture black's king, and black's goal is to wipe out white's entire army. Capturing is not mandatory for white but, when black is able to capture a white piece, they must do so. Check rules do not apply in Chess vs Checkers.
Kill the King and Kill the King 960
Kill the King and Kill the King 960 are simply chess and Chess960 with no check rules. You just capture your opponent's king to win.
King of the Hill
King of the Hill is less of a battle and more of a race. The first player to move their king into one of the four centre squares wins the game. All the other rules still apply, including checkmate, but there's rarely time to set one up..
The Pawns Game
In the Pawns Game (also known as Endgame Chess), each player only starts with a king and 8 pawns (in their usual starting positions). All the standard chess rules apply, including pawn promotion and en passant.
Upside-Down Chess and Upside-Down 2
In Upside-Down Chess the black and white pieces are switched, so that all the pawns start the game only one step away from being promoted. You can only move the knights in your first move. Upside-Down 2 is our own variation, where pawns start two steps away from promotion instead.
Weak!
In Weak!, black starts with a king, seven knights and sixteen pawns, while white starts with the standard pieces.
Draughts/Checkers and Noob Draughts
Draughts/checkers isn't a chess variant at all but, since we'd added draught pieces for use in the chess/draughts variants, we figured we may as well just go ahead and add draughts too. The version available on WyeSoft Chess is the variation known as English draughts or American checkers, though we have swapped the colours so that white goes first in our version, to match the rest of the game types. Noob Draughts is the same, but without the mandatory capture rule.
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The Knight's Tour
The Knight's Tour is a mathematical puzzle in the form of a singleplayer chess variant, involving just a single knight. The aim is to move the knight around the board, visiting each square once and only once.
Completing the puzzle on a square attacking the square you started on is called a closed tour. Finishing on any other square is called an open tour.
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