Christian Freeling

Christian Freeling (or Christiaan Freeling) (born 1 February 1947, Enschede) is a Dutch game designer and inventor of various chess variants, notably Grand chess, invented in 1984.^[1] Other game inventions by Freeling include:

• Havannah (a connection game played on a hexagonal board)
• Yari shogi
• Sygo
• Hexade
• Dameo
• The Glass Bead Game (late 1970s; a mancala variant)
• Hexdame (1979; draughts for a hexagonal board)
• Chad (1979; a chess variant employing rooks)
• Emergo (1980 with Ed van Zon; a stacking game)
• Rotary (1981)
• Shakti (1982)
• Caïssa (1982)
• Dragonfly (1982)
• Loonybird (1983)
• Lotus
• Macbeth
• Medusa
• Breakthrough
• Rondo

Notes

1. ^ Dylan Loeb McClain (2007-08-19). "Giraffes, Viziers and Wizards: Variations on the Old Game". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/crosswords/chess/19chess.html. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 

References

• Hans Bodlaender. "Christian Freeling's Grand Chess". http://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/freeling.html. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 
• "Zestig jaar, maar altijd een hippie gebleven". Dorpsplein Enschede. http://www.enschede.tctubantia.nl/153185/zestig_jaar_maar_altijd_een_hippie_gebleven. Retrieved 2008-12-07.  (Dutch)

External links

• Christian Freeling's games at MindSports.nl
• Additional list of Christian Freeling's games at MindSports.nl

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Name	Freeling, Christian
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Date of birth	1 February 1947
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