A
fairy chess piece
A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some unorthodox chess problems, known as fairy chess. Compar ...
is a game piece that is not in regular
chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
but appears in an alternate version of chess with different rules. Such an alternate version is known as a
chess variant
A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways.
"International" or "Western" chess itself is one of a family of games which have related origins and could be co ...
. In addition, fairy chess pieces are used in
fairy chess
Fairy chess is the area of chess composition in which there are some changes to the rules of chess. It may involve changes to the board, pieces, or rules to express an idea or theme impossible in orthodox chess. An altered piece used in fairy ...
, an area of
chess problems
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White i ...
involving changes to the rules of chess.
The following table shows some
game pieces of
unorthodox chess, from fairy
chess problems
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White i ...
and
chess variants
A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways.
"International" or "Western" chess itself is one of a family of games which have related origins and could be co ...
(including
historical and regional ones), and the six orthodox
chess pieces
A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either White and Black in chess, white or black, and it can be one of six types: King (chess), king, Queen (chess), queen, Rook (ches ...
. The columns "BCPS", "Parlett" and "
Betza" contain the notation describing how each piece moves. Italicised names are pieces that are found under other names elsewhere in the table. The notation systems are explained
in this page.
0–9
A numeral system is a writing system for expressing Number, numbers; that is, a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using Numerical digit, digits or other symbols in a consistent manner.
The same sequence of symbols ...
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A –
B –
C –
D –
E –
F –
G –
H –
I –
J –
K –
L –
M –
N –
O –
P –
Q –
R –
S –
T –
U –
V –
W –
X, Y, Z
References
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* 154 pieces from old Shogi variants.
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"Piececlopedia""Articles on Pieces"
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"Simple Chess Variants"
DF(2010)
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"Geometry: Theory of Moves"
"History" & "Other Pieces".
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External links
Piececlopedia
An extensive list of fairy chess pieces, their history and movement diagrams
Compiled by Ivan A Derzhanski, shows also piece values
Easy ways to estimate piece values
{{Chess variants
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