The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants

A single comprehensive guide to chess and all its extended family of boardgames.

"The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants" is a compilation of board and table games related to, derived from or inspired by chess. The games range through the ages and across continents and from the brilliant to the bizarre. Most can be played with an ordinary chess set, and established variants are treated in depth. The main aim of "The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants" is to entertain, but it also offers some remarkable yet little-known variants for the keen games player and is a source of reference for the student-in short, this is an essential book for every games library.