Rule Variations
Frankenstein suggested in 1903 a variation of the game where one player sees the board and another plays Kriegspiel. To make the game fair, the first player has to play with fewer pieces. Frankenstein proposed two variants:
- Pickle pot - the player who sees the board plays only with queen and bishop (as well as with king and 8 pawns in usual starting position).
- One-eye - same as above, but only with two rooks and bishop.
In both versions, it should be announced, which bishop remains (on c or f-file).
The Semi-kriegspiel, suggested by David Silverman in 1971 is similar to variations above. In this game the sighted side has only king and queen, which he/she can place on any legal square before the beginning of the game. In Modern kriegspiel by Bruce Trone (1986), after each move the player calls 7 squares, which must be opened by umpire. Otherwise the rules are as in usual kriegspiel.
Combining Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel yields Crazyhouse Kriegspiel (or CrazyKrieg for short).
Read more about this topic: Kriegspiel (chess)
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