From: "Jonathan H.N. Chin" <shrchin <at> READING <dot> AC <dot> UK>
Date: 29 nov 1993
Subject: Re: XiangQi variants?

> One of my favorite board games these days is Chessgi, which is Western/
> International/Ortho Chess played with the addition of the "drop" rule from
> Shogi (which allows you to take any piece you capture from your enemy and
> place it on the board as one of your pieces on any subsequent turn, with
> minor restrictions).

When I was in Singapore doing A-levels, we used to play what we called
"transfer chess". This is a game for four players. You have two games of
international chess going on. White on one board partners Black on the
other board. When anyone captures a piece, he gives it to his partner who
may then place it on the board instead of a move. Mate occurs when one's
king is checked in such a way that even if he waits for a piece from his
partner, it would not help.

Great fun if you ensure nobody is allowed to think for too long.
If you take the game too seriously, it gets boring (IMO). We used to have
a wonderful time shouting for our partners to give us "pieces of power"
(knights) or "big pawns" (queens).

"Look, just get me a piece of power and avoid getting mated for a few turns."


-jonathan

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