Dark Chess - Variations

Variations

Generally, because basic Dark chess rules are universal with respect to its “parent” classical variant, any 2-player chess variant may be played “in dark”. SchemingMind provides some of the variations.

• Dark chess (checkmate) - you are notified that your king is in check and you can't move your king into check. The goal in this variation is the same as in standard chess - to checkmate the king.
• Dark chess (check) - you are notified that your king is in check, but there is no restrictions on movement, your king can remain in check after a move. The goal in this variation is the same as in standard dark chess - to capture the king.
• Dark crazyhouse - combination of crazyhouse and dark chess.
• Dark suicide - combination of suicide and dark chess.
• Sun Tzu chess - combination of Double Fischer Random Chess (like Chess960, but with different positions for white and black), crazyhouse and dark chess. You can drop pieces you have in any possible square on the board (like crazyhouse). This chess variant was invented in 2005 by John Kipling Lewis.
• Lao Tzu chess - like Sun Tzu, but you can only drop pieces on square you can see. Also invented in 2005 by John Kipling Lewis.
• Dark Omega chess - combination of Omega Chess and dark chess.
• Dark Seirawan chess - combination of Seirawan chess and dark chess.