Chigorin Chess Chigorin Chess Chigorin Chess is a chess variant invented by Ralph Betza in 2002. It was named after Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin. Betza commented that The game follows all the rules and conventions of standard chess, with two differences: Chigorin Chess was meant to emphasize the contrast between the relative values of knights and bishops in standard chess. Betza commented that it was a good introductory variant for chessplayers, like his earlier Almost Chess. Betza considered that White has a large advantage due to his fast development, being able to castle as early as the third move, whereas Black cannot castle
Chess with different armies armies: the "Fabulous FIDEs", which are the standard chess pieces, the "Colorbound Clobberers", the "Nutty Knights", and the "Remarkable Rookies". All armies are designed to be equal in strength, but have significantly different properties. Kings and pawns move the same as in chess for all armies. Pawns can only promote to pieces of either army on the board at the start. Castling is done as in standard chess with the exception of the case when the rook replacement is colorbound, like in the "Colorbound Clobberers" army. In the latter case the king when castling long moves to b1 and the