Millennium 3D Chess Millennium 3D Chess Millennium 3D Chess is a three-dimensional chess variant created by William L. D'Agostino in 2001 which employs three vertically stacked 8×8 boards, with each player controlling a standard set of chess pieces. The inventor describes his objective as "extending the traditional chess game into a multilevel environment without distorting the basic game." Millenium 3D Chess retains almost all the rules of standard chess, with additions made for the extra dimension. The three board levels are denoted "1", "2" (the middle board), and "3". Moves are recorded in the same manner as chess, using algebraic notation, with the
Dragonfly (chess variant) Dragonfly (chess variant) Dragonfly (also known as Shuttle Chess or Bird Chess) is a chess variant invented by Christian Freeling in 1983. There are no queens, and a captured bishop, knight, or rook becomes the property of the capturer, who may play it as his own on a turn to any open square. The board is 7×7 squares, or alternatively a 61-cell hexagon with two additional pawns per side. The game is an offshoot and simplification of a Freeling game named "Loonybird" (or "Dragon Chess"). Still, "Play is complex and interesting. Draws are rare too." The standard rules of chess