Hi Recently i enjoyed playing and meeting with some students, and two great chess experts: Mr Van DeVenter Richard, chess enthousiast and inventor of CirSquare Chess Board and of a coming new chess variant and of Mr Rick Knowlton world wide known for his love of the game, a chess collector and co-au...

Hi, new variants of the board painter have been added to the site : Circular chess board painter Rich VanDeventer Circular Chess Board Painter Bermuda Triangle Circular Chess Board painter http://musketeerchess.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/circular.png http://musketeerchess.net/site/wp-conte...

Hi all, Where can I play Musketeer Chess online, what with the Jocly server down. It has been for ages and there are signs it will be fixed anytime soon. Any signposts would be appreciated - thanks! Hi all We are back The variant pages are playable now. Soon we will make some new updates: a circula...

Why the ridiculously low version of the Hawk (in the rules section)? This must be a typo. I guess most of the pieces listed with value 5 were copy-pasted and not updated to any real value. (E.g. Crowned Rook is definitely way stronger than the Crowned Bishop). But 2.3 for a leaper with 16 moves...!...

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Hi
Thanks for this update.
I'm happy to see that there are much stronger players then me. This will help me improve and discover new things in Musketeer Chess

I set up an applet where one can practice elementary end-games of King + piece vs King, for many different pieces, including most Musketeer pieces. See http://hgm.nubati.net/rules/EGT.html . The page starts building an end-game table for the selected piece, and then will reply to any move you play ...

[real post date : Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:43 am] Mate here is a very easy goal. Beware of stalemates !! As usual, the mate is in the corner, but could also be on any square of the 1st or 8th line. KEl vs K.png 1. Ef4 Ke6 2. Kd2 Kd5 3. Kc3 Kc5 4. Ee5+ Kc6 5. Kb4 Kd7 6. Kb5 Kd8 KEl vs K image2.png other p...

[real post date : Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:04 am] The principle is the same for Leopard and Archbishop (Leopard is a Limited Archbishop, with the Bishop movements limited to one or two squares) We begin from the following position: KLe vs K.png The maneuvering is "simple", cut off the Board for...

[real post date : Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:41 am] When you play an endgame with Unicorn + King vs King, it's in general a draw because the King and Unicorn cannot force the opponent king to go to a corner, sole place where the Unicorn can mate. KU vs K corner mate.png The advise when you are a Unicorn up,...

[real post date : Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:54 am] This is an example of how to mate using a Hawk in endgames with King + Hawk vs king. Not an easy task, but with the right Hawk “dance” you will prevail. Here is the starting position: KH vs K.png First, you have to reduce the space for the opponent King. F...