From pbeck@pica.army.mil Mon Jul 29 18:16:19 1991 Return-Path: Received: from FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA01907; Mon, 29 Jul 91 18:16:19 EDT Date: Mon, 29 Jul 91 14:02:26 EDT From: Peter Beck (BATDD) To: cube-lovers@life.ai.mit.edu Subject: chess variants Message-Id: <9107291402.aa16288@FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL> ANNOUNCEMENT OF "World Game Review special issue #10" - CHESS variations: rules & sample games, reviews, index & bibliography DESCRIPTION: This a a special edition devoted only to chess. It is 100 81/2 x 11 pages. The breadth is indicated by the front cover illustration of the 6 most popular chess variant boards (8x8, 10x10, 4x16, most common 4 handed board, xiang qi, 3 colored hexagonal) and the rear cover illustration of 7 other boards (tesche's 3 handed, petroff's 4 handed, de vasa's tricolor, rutland's, decimal oriental chess, double rettah, petty). TABLE OF CONTENTS BY HEADING & PAGE NUMBER: 1.. COLOPHON 2.. TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.. EDITORIAL & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4.. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 5.. APPEAL FOR INFORMATION , DAVID PRITCHARD IS WRITING A BOOK - ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHESS VARIANTS & TERMS 7.. NOTATION 8.. GENERAL RULES, BEST VARIANTS 9.. CV ORGANIZATIONS 10.. GAMES NEWS 12.. BOOK & MAG REVIEWS - SHOGI WORLD, CHINESE CHESS, CHINESISCHE, SCHACH/KOREANISCHES SCHACH, CHINESE CHESS FOR BEGINNERS 14.. GAME REVIEWS - 4 WAY CHESS, FORAY, BATTLE CHESS II 15.. CV TIMELINE --- A PANORAMA OF CHESS VARIANTS 16.. MODIFICATIONS TO FORCES 30.. MODIFICATIONS TO BOARD 40.. MODIFICATIONS TO MOVEMENT 52.. MODIFICATIONS TO RULES OF CAPTURE 63.. OTHER MODS 69.. SAMPLE GAMES 72.. COMPUTERES AND ... 73.. ADDITIONAL PIECES 74.. ADDITIONAL RULES 76.. INVENTORS 78.. BIBLIOGRAPHY 82.. ADDRESSES 84.. INDEX OF VARIATIONS PRICE: US$10 SOURCE: WGR C/O MICHAEL KELLER 3367-I NORTH CHATAM ROAD ELLICOTT CITY, MD, 21042 PLEASE DON'T ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CHESS, I AM NOT A PLAYER AND HAVE NOT READ THE ISSUE.. IF YOU WANT ME TO LOOK SOMETHING UP BE VERY SPECIFIC AND I WILL - BEST YET IS TO ORDER YOUR OWN COPY.