Marseillais chess Marseillais chess Marseillais chess (also called Double-Move chess) is a chess variant in which each player moves twice per turn. The rules of the game were first published in Marseillais local newspaper "Le Soleil" in 1925. The variant became quite popular in the late 1930s with such chess grandmasters as Alexander Alekhine, Richard Réti, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, and André Chéron playing it. A player can either move one piece twice or move two different pieces on his turn. Castling is considered a single move. When a player gives check on the first move, he loses the second move of his turn.
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