Checkers chess

Checkers chess

Checkers chess is a chess variant proposed by Hans Multhopp in 1974 in which pieces cannot move backwards until they have reached the far side of the board. Another game by the same name was proposed by V.R. Parton (Pritchard 2007:51) .

External links

* [http://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/checkers.html Chess Variants: Checkers Chess]
* [http://www.pathguy.com/chess/CkrChess.htm Checkers Chess Applet]

References

*Harvard reference
surname=Pritchard
given=D. B.
authorlink=David Pritchard (chess writer)
title=The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. (second edition)
year=2007
publisher=John Beasley
isbn=0-95551-680-3
page=51


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