Chess Attack

Chess Attack

Chess Attack start position
Players	2
Setup time	About 1 minute
Playing time	10 seconds to 10 minutes.
Random chance	None
Skill(s) required	Tactics, strategy

Chess Attack is a chess variant played on a rectangular board of six rows (called ranks and denoted with numbers 1 to 6) and five columns (called files, denoted with letters a to e) of squares. It can be seen as a chess game exclusively devoted to endplay.

Setup and rules

Each player starts with one king, one queen, one rook, one bishop (of alternate colors), one knight and five pawns. Apart from the initial setup, the game follows all conventional chess rules.

History and use

Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk playing a game of Chess Attack.

The game was invented by the Norwegian game designer Werner Kling in 2008, both as a tool to introduce a simplified chess variant to younger players and for experienced players to hone endgame skills. Its is being used as a training tool by players such as Magnus Carlsen, Simen Agdestein and Alexandra Kosteniuk.

In other media

Chess Attack is also available for mobile phones^[1] and as a Facebook game.^[2]

See also

• Minichess

References

1. ^ Chess Attack for mobile phones
2. ^ Facebook homepage

External links

• Chess Attack homepage