Kruzno (board game) Kruzno (board game) Kruzno is a two-player abstract strategy board game played on a hexagonal board, first published in 2005 by the company of the same name. In the most common variant of the game, players start with nine pieces each (three rooks, three knights and three bishops). Though the game is played with chess pieces it is actually a variant of hexagonal checkers, albeit with three unusual features. The first of these is intransitive capturing – rooks capture knights, knights capture bishops and bishops capture rooks. This is somewhat similar to Stephen Addison's Breakthrough where commanders capture generals, generals
Fast chess Fast chess Fast chess (also known as speed chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. The rules specify a cumulative total time for moves for each side. In a fast chess game, each player will have less than the usual 60 minutes at their disposal, based on a 60-move game, and sometimes considerably less time. Fast chess is further subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid chess, blitz chess, and bullet chess. Armageddon chess is a particular variation in which different rules apply