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Chess Utrecht

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More chess fonts

  • Chess Adventurer. Chess font with distinguished bishop, by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Alfonso-X. Chess font, based on diagramsfrom famous games book of King Alfonso from Spain, 13th century.
  • Chess Cases. Chess font by MatthieuLeschemelle from France.
  • Chess Condal. Chess font, based on diagrams fromSpanish chess books, by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Harlequin. Chess font, based on diagramsfrom French book, by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Kingdom. Chess font, based on diagrams fromLatin American chess books, by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Leipzig. Chess font from book fromLeipzig, end of 19th century, by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Line. Simple geometric chess font, by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Lucena. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin fromMexico.
  • Chess Magnetic. Chess font based on magneticchess set by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Marroquin. Chess font, designed by ArmandoHernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Miscel. Font with chess clip art - varioussymbols of use in chess newsletters, etc. Designed by ArmandoHernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
  • Chess Mark. Another chessfont by Armando Hdez. Marroquin.
  • Chess Maya. Font for creating chess diagrams forchildren's chess publications, with `quite traditional figures, following thedesign of the Staunton pieces'. By Armando Hdez. Marroquin.
  • Chess Mediaeval. Chess font by Armando Hdez.Marroquin with traditional design.
  • Chess Merida. Classic design chess font by ArmandoHdez. Marroquin.
  • Chess Millennia. Font (in two versions: lighterand darker shaded squares) with stylized piece design, `quite in tune withchess publications of the coming millennium'.
  • Chess Motif. Another font by Marroquin.`Quite simple and bold'.
  • TheAlan Cowderoy's Chess Graphics site has a freeware chess font. (Link.)
  • Another free chess font can be found atthesite of Task ChessSystem. Download the file TB_TTF.ZIP. (Link.)
  • Chess Montreal.Chess font where every piece looks the same when turned upside down.(Link.)

Figurine Symbol fonts

These TrueType fonts by Armando H. Marroquin fonts can beused for figurine notation: the characters for king, queen, rook, bishop, andknight are replaced by chess pieces/figurines. In the Times New Roman font,some characters are changed to those of the chess pieces they represent.
  • Based on Switserland font.
    1. FigurineSymbol S1. ForCroatian, Danish, English, German, Slavonic, Swedish, and Yugoslavian.
    2. FigurineSymbol S2. ForFrench, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.
    3. FigurineSymbol S3.For Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian and Norwegian.
  • Based on Times New Roman.
    1. FigurineSymbol T1. ForCroatian, Danish, English, German, Slavonic, Swedish, and Yugoslavian.
    2. FigurineSymbol T2. ForFrench, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.
    3. FigurineSymbol T3.For Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian and Norwegian.

Other chess publishing resources

  • ffen2diag. A javascript tool to includechess (variant) diagrams on webpages.
  • AlastairScott's Chess DTP Page. This page now has moved to the Chess VariantPages site.
  • Chess Captor.Shareware program for making chess-board pictures on a PC.
  • Web ChessDesigner. Shareware program to make chess diagrams for the WWW.
  • Chess Diagram Construction Utility.(Link.)
  • Czech.Html-generator for chess (Link.)
  • Chessprograms, software and fonts. Page of Nørresundby Chess Club,with many pointers to chess publishing software and fonts. (Link.)
  • ChessProHtml. Tool for making chess webpages.
  • FFEN and FFEN-to-HTML. Extensionof Forsythe Edwards Notation for chess variants, and program convertingFFEN-setups to html code.
  • ChessMaker. Windows95/NT application which creates chess diagrams. (Link.)

Checkers or draughts font

I made a checkers or draughts font. This is also useful for chess variantsthat use checkers pieces. Rules of use, and borders are the same as forthe Chess Utrecht font: see The description of ChessUtrecht. This is not sufficiently tested: let me know if it works onyour machine. Also, I'm not sure this is really the correct version...

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You may use this draughts font free of charge. (c) Hans Bodlaender, 1996.Written by: Hans Bodlaender. With thanks to Alastair Scott for lettingme use his gif-file of my Chess Utrecht font, and to ArmandoHernandez Marroquin for his many chess fonts that he sent me.Thanks to Mark Brooks for sending me the Chess Utrecht font in Mac-format.WWW page created: May 23, 1996. Last modified: February 7, 20005 amazing chess variants are waiting for you on Chess.com

There's much more to play on Chess.com than just... chess! Fun 'chess variants' can be a great way to mix things up and apply your chess skills in different and exciting ways.

You can play:

  • Bughouse
  • Crazyhouse
  • Chess960 (AKA Fischer Random).

Each of these variants has been given a small description below, and links to a full 'beginner's guide' on the game. First, let's review how to find and play these games on Chess.com:

1) Go to the Live Chess page

Hold your mouse over the 'Play' menu and click 'Live Chess':

2) Select the Game Type

Click the 'game type' dropdown

3) Choose the Variant

Choose the type of variant you'd like to play

For a quick description of the basic goals and differences in each variant compared to traditional chess, simply hold your mouse over the '?' icon to get a brief pop-up description:

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Each variant is explained in the '?' symbol at the right side

Rules and Variant Intros Below:

1. Bughouse:

Bughouse is a variant of chess played by four players in teams (partnerships) of two on two separate chessboards. Each partner plays an opposing team member with the goal being to win the game by normal means (checkmate or timeout). One partner plays Black, the other White. Partners help each other by capturing enemy pieces which their partner may then place (drop) on an empty square on their turn. (Click here for Tips for Beginners)

  • When you capture one of your opponent's pieces, it is immediately passed to your teammate's 'piece bank' for him or her to use at their discretion.
  • On any turn, instead of making a move, a player can 'drop' any piece from their 'bank' to any open square on the board.
  • Pawns may not be dropped on the 1st or 8th ranks.
  • A pawn that is placed on the 2nd rank may move two squares on its first move, as in standard chess.
  • Pawns that have promoted and are then captured go into the 'bank' as pawns, not as the piece to which they promoted. Such promoted pieces are called 'counterfeits.'
  • A bughouse game is over when a game on either board ends in checkmate, resignation, or timeout. There are no draws in bughouse.

Bughouse online chess game at Chess.com

2. Crazyhouse:

Crazyhouse is a variant which follows most of the normal rules of chess, except that captured pieces can be reintroduced to the board on your turn. (Crazyhouse Tips for Beginners coming soon!)

  • The pieces move the same way that they do in traditional chess.
  • Games can still end in the same way: checkmate, stalemate, and time-out.
  • Captured pieces reverse their color and are added to the capturing player's 'bank.'
  • On your turn, instead of making a move ,you may choose to 'drop'a piece from your 'bank' onto any open square on the board.
  • You can drop a piece from your bank to block a check, even in a position that would otherwise have been checkmate (i.e. without the piece from your bank to drop).
  • You may drop a piece to both check and checkmate the enemy king.
  • Pawns may not be dropped on the 1st or 8th ranks.
  • Pawns that have promoted and are then captured go into the bank as pawns, not as the piece they promoted to.

Crazyhouse online chess game at Chess.com

3. 3-Check:

3-Check is a simple variant with one clear task in mind: Check the king as many times as you can! Normal rules apply, but you can also win (or lose!) a game by checking (or getting checked) 3 times in total. (3-Check Tips for Beginners coming soon!)

  • Games can still end in the traditional ways of checkmate, stalemate and time-out.
  • The game can also end if a player checks their opponent's king three times.
  • A move that results in a double-check only counts as one check towards the 'total check score.'

3-Check online chess game at Chess.com

4. King of the Hill:

King of the Hill or 'KOTH' is an exciting variant in which the goal is to get your king to the center of the board or 'top of the hill'. (King of the Hill Tips for Beginners coming soon!)

  • Games can still end in the traditional ways of checkmate, stalemate and time-out.
  • The game can also end when a player moves their king to any of the four central squares.
  • e4, d4, e5, and d5 are 'top of the hill' squares, winning the game on the spot for either White or Black, regardless of the nature of the position.

King of the Hill (KOTH) online chess game at Chess.com

5. Chess960 (Fischer Random):

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Chess960, or Fischer Random, is a variant invented by the late World Champion Bobby Fischer. The rules of the game are the same as standard chess, but in an effort to reduce the impact of opening theory, the pieces have been randomly shuffled on each player's back rank. (Launch a challenge to play a chess960 game).

  • Games end in the traditional ways of checkmate, stalemate and time-out.
  • Bishops must still be on opposite colors in the initial Chess960 position.
  • The king must be between the rooks to maintain the ability to castle both ways. That means a king can only be placed between the squares b1 and g1 or b8 and g8 for Black.
  • This means:
    • No matter the location of the king and rook, standard rules of castling apply. It must be the first move for both king and rook, the king may not travel into or through check, and there may be no pieces on any square that either piece travels through.
    • The king and rook end the process of castling where they would in a standard chess game. Example: Even if a white king is on b1 and a rook is on e1, castling kingside would involve dragging the white king to g1 (its final destination square), which will automatically move the white rook from e1 to f1, as White will always have the king on g1 and the rook on f1 in the final castled position.

List Of Chess Variants

Fischer Random (Chess960) online chess game at Chess.com

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