Portal Chess starting location of these portals can be different when the game begins, but the image shows the standard set-up. In this game the portal pieces move around by very specific rules. This version of the game has "player-controlled portals", which are linked to each other. The rules for these portals are worked out as though they make the squares they cover into one square. In the set up to the right, a5 and e4 can be conceptualized as the same square. The specific rules for portal use are as follows: Portal Chess Portal Chess is a chess variant which uses
Apocalypse (chess variant) A footman promotes to horseman when reaching the last , but only when the player has fewer than two horsemen. Otherwise the player must redeploy the footman to any vacant square. A player wins by being first to eliminate all of the opponent's footmen. Accumulating two penalty points forfeits the game. A stalemate is a draw. Bibliography Apocalypse (chess variant) Apocalypse is a chess variant invented by C. S. Elliott in 1976. The players each start with two "horsemen" and five "footmen" on a 5×5 board. The two sides make their moves simultaneously. The game was featured in Issue 53